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Delete New Paragraphs??
Hmmmm....
I was sent a very large Word document from a friend. Unfortunately, the original author of the document did not let the text automatically "wrap" to the next line. He hit "enter" at the end of every line, thus creating a "new" paragraph at the end of each line. Is there an easy way to go through and delete all these...instead of going through and deleting one by one? |
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See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm .
SRS wrote: Hmmmm.... I was sent a very large Word document from a friend. Unfortunately, the original author of the document did not let the text automatically "wrap" to the next line. He hit "enter" at the end of every line, thus creating a "new" paragraph at the end of each line. Is there an easy way to go through and delete all these...instead of going through and deleting one by one? |
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Thanks. However, I must be doing something stupid. Here's what the link
said to do: If each line ends in a pilcrow or paragraph mark (¶), then AutoFormat may be all you need. If each line ends in a bent arrow (signifying a line break), you will need to use a different approach. Using AutoFormat No matter what other options you have enabled on the AutoFormat tab of Tools | AutoCorrect, when you select a block of text with a paragraph break at the end of each full line, AutoFormat will delete all the paragraph breaks but the last. Sooooooooooo....I highlight the text, and then click on AutoFormat, but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong??? "garfield-n-odie" wrote: See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm . SRS wrote: Hmmmm.... I was sent a very large Word document from a friend. Unfortunately, the original author of the document did not let the text automatically "wrap" to the next line. He hit "enter" at the end of every line, thus creating a "new" paragraph at the end of each line. Is there an easy way to go through and delete all these...instead of going through and deleting one by one? |
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Format-AutoFormat works sometimes and not others. Try the find
and replace method instead. SRS wrote: Thanks. However, I must be doing something stupid. Here's what the link said to do: If each line ends in a pilcrow or paragraph mark (¶), then AutoFormat may be all you need. If each line ends in a bent arrow (signifying a line break), you will need to use a different approach. Using AutoFormat No matter what other options you have enabled on the AutoFormat tab of Tools | AutoCorrect, when you select a block of text with a paragraph break at the end of each full line, AutoFormat will delete all the paragraph breaks but the last. Sooooooooooo....I highlight the text, and then click on AutoFormat, but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong??? "garfield-n-odie" wrote: See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm . SRS wrote: Hmmmm.... I was sent a very large Word document from a friend. Unfortunately, the original author of the document did not let the text automatically "wrap" to the next line. He hit "enter" at the end of every line, thus creating a "new" paragraph at the end of each line. Is there an easy way to go through and delete all these...instead of going through and deleting one by one? |
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Thanks. Is it me...or is 'Autoformat' more of a pain in the butt than what
it's worth? oh well...I'll just use the find and replace method - much easier than dealing with the autoformat junk. Again, thanks. SRS "garfield-n-odie" wrote: Format-AutoFormat works sometimes and not others. Try the find and replace method instead. SRS wrote: Thanks. However, I must be doing something stupid. Here's what the link said to do: If each line ends in a pilcrow or paragraph mark (¶), then AutoFormat may be all you need. If each line ends in a bent arrow (signifying a line break), you will need to use a different approach. Using AutoFormat No matter what other options you have enabled on the AutoFormat tab of Tools | AutoCorrect, when you select a block of text with a paragraph break at the end of each full line, AutoFormat will delete all the paragraph breaks but the last. Sooooooooooo....I highlight the text, and then click on AutoFormat, but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong??? "garfield-n-odie" wrote: See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm . SRS wrote: Hmmmm.... I was sent a very large Word document from a friend. Unfortunately, the original author of the document did not let the text automatically "wrap" to the next line. He hit "enter" at the end of every line, thus creating a "new" paragraph at the end of each line. Is there an easy way to go through and delete all these...instead of going through and deleting one by one? |
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