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reformatting a paragraph to fit new margins
i cut and pasted a paragraph into a word doc but the margins are narrow. i
want to adjust the paragraph to wider margins so it takes up less space. i hoping to highlight the paragraph and hit a "justify" like key and have the paragraph auto fit into the new wider margins. is there a function key or tool that can do this in word 2003? |
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reformatting a paragraph to fit new margins
You don't mention *where* you cut from, but evidently not a Word document (a
web site, perhaps?) :-) Apparently the content you cut/copied has hard line breaks in it which has nothing to do with margins. Turn on the Non-Printing Characters ( ¶ ) and you'll see symbols at the end of each line that need to be removed. If it's just a few lines you can delete them manually, for a longer passage you can use Find & Replace. Once they're gone the text will "wrap" based on your current margin settings. For more info see: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "leo" wrote in message ... i cut and pasted a paragraph into a word doc but the margins are narrow. i want to adjust the paragraph to wider margins so it takes up less space. i hoping to highlight the paragraph and hit a "justify" like key and have the paragraph auto fit into the new wider margins. is there a function key or tool that can do this in word 2003? |
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reformatting a paragraph to fit new margins
thanks, i'll give it a try
"CyberTaz" wrote: You don't mention *where* you cut from, but evidently not a Word document (a web site, perhaps?) :-) Apparently the content you cut/copied has hard line breaks in it which has nothing to do with margins. Turn on the Non-Printing Characters ( ¶ ) and you'll see symbols at the end of each line that need to be removed. If it's just a few lines you can delete them manually, for a longer passage you can use Find & Replace. Once they're gone the text will "wrap" based on your current margin settings. For more info see: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "leo" wrote in message ... i cut and pasted a paragraph into a word doc but the margins are narrow. i want to adjust the paragraph to wider margins so it takes up less space. i hoping to highlight the paragraph and hit a "justify" like key and have the paragraph auto fit into the new wider margins. is there a function key or tool that can do this in word 2003? |
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