Hi. When I copy a NG message to Word 2000, the lines of text don't go =
all the way across the page,
it just copies like it was downloaded.
I can change the font and the text size, but how do you get the lines to =
combined to fill the page?=20

I tried creating a macro that is at this site, but I think I have to =
make a template for it (with it?) which I also don't know how to do. =
Anyway, I couldn't get it to work. I'm sure you guy answer this one all =
the time, but I don't even know how to search for it.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,6092,00.asp

Thanks. deango

See the article "Cleaning up text pasted from the Web" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"deango" wrote in message
...
Hi. When I copy a NG message to Word 2000, the lines of text don't go all
the way across the page,
it just copies like it was downloaded.
I can change the font and the text size, but how do you get the lines to
combined to fill the page?

I tried creating a macro that is at this site, but I think I have to make a
template for it (with it?) which I also don't know how to do. Anyway, I
couldn't get it to work. I'm sure you guy answer this one all the time, but
I don't even know how to search for it.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,6092,00.asp

Thanks. deango

G'Day Deango,¶
¶
Use the '¶' button on Word's toolbar the see the¶
Paragraph Markers in your pasted text (as you see¶
them here.¶
¶
Each line you copy ends with a Paragraph Marker,¶
like this line and the line above.¶
¶
Two Paragraph Markers cause a line skip to form¶
a 'visual' paragraph like this set of two lines.¶
¶
First search for two Para Markers in a row, and replace¶
them with some weird text like '//Para\\'.¶
¶
Then search for the remaining single Para Markers, and replace¶
all with a space ' '.¶
¶
Now restore the original Paragraphs by a search for that text¶
('//Para\\') replacing all with a Paragraph Marker.¶
¶
In Word's Search and Replace, you can represent a Paragraph¶
Marker by the two-character sequence '^p', and two-in-a-row¶
by the four-character sequence '^p^p'.¶
¶
To finish off, you may need to search for double spaces ' ' and¶
replace all with a single space ' '.¶
-- ¶
Regards,¶
Pat Garard¶
Melbourne, Australia¶
_______________________¶

"deango" wrote in message
...
Hi. When I copy a NG message to Word 2000, the lines of text don't go all the way across
the page,
it just copies like it was downloaded.
I can change the font and the text size, but how do you get the lines to combined to fill
the page?

I tried creating a macro that is at this site, but I think I have to make a template for
it (with it?) which I also don't know how to do. Anyway, I couldn't get it to work. I'm
sure you guy answer this one all the time, but I don't even know how to search for it.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,6092,00.asp

Thanks. deango

Except that what you see won't be a paragraph break but a line break. An
efficient way to deal with these is described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message
...
G'Day Deango,¶
¶
Use the '¶' button on Word's toolbar the see the¶
Paragraph Markers in your pasted text (as you see¶
them here.¶
¶
Each line you copy ends with a Paragraph Marker,¶
like this line and the line above.¶
¶
Two Paragraph Markers cause a line skip to form¶
a 'visual' paragraph like this set of two lines.¶
¶
First search for two Para Markers in a row, and replace¶
them with some weird text like '//Para\\'.¶
¶
Then search for the remaining single Para Markers, and replace¶
all with a space ' '.¶
¶
Now restore the original Paragraphs by a search for that text¶
('//Para\\') replacing all with a Paragraph Marker.¶
¶
In Word's Search and Replace, you can represent a Paragraph¶
Marker by the two-character sequence '^p', and two-in-a-row¶
by the four-character sequence '^p^p'.¶
¶
To finish off, you may need to search for double spaces ' ' and¶
replace all with a single space ' '.¶
-- ¶
Regards,¶
Pat Garard¶
Melbourne, Australia¶
_______________________¶

"deango" wrote in message
...
Hi. When I copy a NG message to Word 2000, the lines of text don't go all
the way across
the page,
it just copies like it was downloaded.
I can change the font and the text size, but how do you get the lines to
combined to fill
the page?

I tried creating a macro that is at this site, but I think I have to make
a template for
it (with it?) which I also don't know how to do. Anyway, I couldn't get it
to work. I'm
sure you guy answer this one all the time, but I don't even know how to
search for it.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,6092,00.asp

Thanks. deango

Thank you all so much! Just the ticket for what I need to do. Glad you =
interpreted 'test' for 'text'. Ta. deango.
deango wrote:
=20
Thanks. deango