I've got a Word document which unfortunately is 57 pages long, and
looks like it has been copied from one of my company web pages. All the
text is aligned on the left hand third of the pages, and I'm trying to
find some way to sort out the formatting so that the paragraphs use the
full width of the page.

I've tried highlighting the paragraphs and pressing the justify button,
but this does nothing at all. Does anyone know a way to sort this out?
I don't mind highlighting the paragraphs, but going to the end of each
indvidual line and pressing the delete key to make the text below move
up is a bit much!!

Thanks

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Brainfire" wrote in message
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I've got a Word document which unfortunately is 57 pages long, and
looks like it has been copied from one of my company web pages. All
the
text is aligned on the left hand third of the pages, and I'm trying
to
find some way to sort out the formatting so that the paragraphs use
the
full width of the page.

I've tried highlighting the paragraphs and pressing the justify
button,
but this does nothing at all. Does anyone know a way to sort this
out?
I don't mind highlighting the paragraphs, but going to the end of
each
indvidual line and pressing the delete key to make the text below
move
up is a bit much!!

Thanks

Quick reply, and just the thing I needed - Thanks.

Ahh, just before I go... is there any way to use a wildcard in find and
replace?
I have various instances of SAL-SPD-V27-xxxxx in the document, where
xxxxx are varying numbers - can I remove all of these using find and
replace? I tried the usual asterix wildcard after the V27 but it never
worked.

Thanks

Stefan Blom wrote:
See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Brainfire" wrote in message
ups.com...
I've got a Word document which unfortunately is 57 pages long, and
looks like it has been copied from one of my company web pages. All
the
text is aligned on the left hand third of the pages, and I'm trying
to
find some way to sort out the formatting so that the paragraphs use
the
full width of the page.

I've tried highlighting the paragraphs and pressing the justify
button,
but this does nothing at all. Does anyone know a way to sort this
out?
I don't mind highlighting the paragraphs, but going to the end of
each
indvidual line and pressing the delete key to make the text below
move
up is a bit much!!

Thanks

http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Brainfire wrote:
Quick reply, and just the thing I needed - Thanks.

Ahh, just before I go... is there any way to use a wildcard in find
and replace?
I have various instances of SAL-SPD-V27-xxxxx in the document, where
xxxxx are varying numbers - can I remove all of these using find and
replace? I tried the usual asterix wildcard after the V27 but it never
worked.

Thanks

Stefan Blom wrote:
See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Brainfire" wrote in message
ups.com...
I've got a Word document which unfortunately is 57 pages long, and
looks like it has been copied from one of my company web pages. All
the text is aligned on the left hand third of the pages, and I'm
trying to find some way to sort out the formatting so that the
paragraphs use the full width of the page.

I've tried highlighting the paragraphs and pressing the justify
button, but this does nothing at all. Does anyone know a way to
sort this out? I don't mind highlighting the paragraphs, but going
to the end of each indvidual line and pressing the delete key to
make the text below move up is a bit much!!

Thanks