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Word 2002 - how do I convert a page of soft returns into hard returns?
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You can use Edit | Replace to replace line breaks with paragraph
marks:

Find what: ^l
Replace with: ^p

Click Replace All.

You may also want to take a look at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

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Thanks! It works.
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"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can use Edit | Replace to replace line breaks with paragraph
marks:

Find what: ^l
Replace with: ^p

Click Replace All.

You may also want to take a look at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

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Glad I could help.

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Thanks! It works.
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"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can use Edit | Replace to replace line breaks with paragraph
marks:

Find what: ^l
Replace with: ^p

Click Replace All.

You may also want to take a look at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

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Microsoft Word MVP


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