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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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