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Merge several lines into a single paragraph.
I have several incongrous lines with returns at the end of each that I would
like to merge into a single paragraph. Is this possible? |
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Answer: Merge several lines into a single paragraph.
Yes, it is possible to merge several lines into a single paragraph in Microsoft Word. Here's how you can do it:
That's it! You have successfully merged several lines into a single paragraph in Microsoft Word.
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Incongruous in what sense? To Word, each "line" that is terminated with a
paragraph mark is a paragraph. You can always merge adjacent paragraphs by replacing the paragraph marks with spaces. Which paragarph's formatting takes precedence depends on which version of Word you're using, as well as your Compatibility settings. Using the default settings in Word 2003, if I start with 3 lines (paragraphs, actually) and delete the paragraph marks, all three end up with the paragraph formatting of the first line/paragraph. (This happens regardless of whether I delete from top to bottom or bottom to top.) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Barbara" wrote in message ... I have several incongrous lines with returns at the end of each that I would like to merge into a single paragraph. Is this possible? |
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Barbara,
If you have a lot of these individual lines (e.g. copying an email and pasting it into a word document) that you want to take care of at the same time, you can "select" all of the text you want to remove the paragraph marks from, then use "replace" from the edit menu. In Word 2003, you select the "more" option from the replace tab and then use the "paragraph mark" from the "special" drop down box in the "replace what" and enter just a space (with the space bar, don't just leave it blank or the words will all run together where the paragraph mark was) in the "replace with" field. That will do multiple instances at the same time. Also, if you click the "Show/Hide" toolbar btton (looks like a backwards P) you will see all of the paragraph marks and can delete the one(s) you want. Have fun. "Barbara" wrote: I have several incongrous lines with returns at the end of each that I would like to merge into a single paragraph. Is this possible? |
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