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Very long document
I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and
was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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Hi Jason~
You could use the find and replace feature. Just use the more button and look under special. I hope this helps! "Jason" wrote: I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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Well, 50 pages is not really a long document, but it's pretty long to be
doing this manually. You can remove excess paragraph marks as follows: 1. Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace dialog. 2. Click on the More button to expand the dialog. 3. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 4. In the "Find what" box, type ^13{2,} 5. Leave the "Replace with" box empty. 6. Replace All. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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^13{2,} did not wark. Nothing happened, can I use a macro or a temp. or
something?? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, 50 pages is not really a long document, but it's pretty long to be doing this manually. You can remove excess paragraph marks as follows: 1. Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace dialog. 2. Click on the More button to expand the dialog. 3. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 4. In the "Find what" box, type ^13{2,} 5. Leave the "Replace with" box empty. 6. Replace All. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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Did you have "Use wildcards" checked?
-- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... ^13{2,} did not wark. Nothing happened, can I use a macro or a temp. or something?? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, 50 pages is not really a long document, but it's pretty long to be doing this manually. You can remove excess paragraph marks as follows: 1. Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace dialog. 2. Click on the More button to expand the dialog. 3. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 4. In the "Find what" box, type ^13{2,} 5. Leave the "Replace with" box empty. 6. Replace All. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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YES, Is there a way I can just use a style or something?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you have "Use wildcards" checked? -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... ^13{2,} did not wark. Nothing happened, can I use a macro or a temp. or something?? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, 50 pages is not really a long document, but it's pretty long to be doing this manually. You can remove excess paragraph marks as follows: 1. Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace dialog. 2. Click on the More button to expand the dialog. 3. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 4. In the "Find what" box, type ^13{2,} 5. Leave the "Replace with" box empty. 6. Replace All. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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Where can I get a comeplet list a wildcards a what thay do ?
"Jason" wrote: I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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I can't imagine why that doesn't work, but do this one instead. For this,
*don't* check "Use wildcards." 1. Put ^p^p in the "Find what" box. 2. Put ^p in the "Replace with" box. Keep punching Replace All until you get 0 replacements. If that doesn't work, then it's because the paragraphs contain text (spaces, tabs), which would also explain why the previous method didn't work. I assume you have nonprinting characters displayed so that you can see these things? -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... YES, Is there a way I can just use a style or something? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you have "Use wildcards" checked? -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... ^13{2,} did not wark. Nothing happened, can I use a macro or a temp. or something?? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, 50 pages is not really a long document, but it's pretty long to be doing this manually. You can remove excess paragraph marks as follows: 1. Press Ctrl+H to open the Replace dialog. 2. Click on the More button to expand the dialog. 3. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 4. In the "Find what" box, type ^13{2,} 5. Leave the "Replace with" box empty. 6. Replace All. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
#9
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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 Jason wrote: Where can I get a comeplet list a wildcards a what thay do ? "Jason" wrote: I have a old and very long document, this document is over 50 pages long and was created by someone else in Microsoft Word document does not have page breaks the individual continuously hit the enter key to move the text down a new page was designed. Ther instead of letting wordwrap automatically the individual always hit a hard return. the individual hit the space-bar key continuously to move text to the last is there a way other than manually deleting all the returns and spaces set this document and so it looks right |
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