When I receive files from other people, the end of a paragraph is sometimes
marked with an arrow (like a carriage return sign). Does that behave the same
as the MS paragraph symbol? How can I replace that with the standard
paragraph symbol without having to go through every line? Thanks.

The bent arrow is a line break. You can replace line breaks with paragraph
breaks by replacing ^l (that's a lowercase L) with ^p. For more on
nonprinting characters and what they mean, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

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"lobolady" wrote in message
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When I receive files from other people, the end of a paragraph is
sometimes
marked with an arrow (like a carriage return sign). Does that behave the
same
as the MS paragraph symbol? How can I replace that with the standard
paragraph symbol without having to go through every line? Thanks.

The mark you are describing is for a new line. You can do a global find and
replace. Find ^l and replace with ^p. Also, see:
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm I hope this has been
helpful to you.
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Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"lobolady" wrote:

When I receive files from other people, the end of a paragraph is sometimes
marked with an arrow (like a carriage return sign). Does that behave the same
as the MS paragraph symbol? How can I replace that with the standard
paragraph symbol without having to go through every line? Thanks.