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How do I convert paragraph marks to new line marks?
I have a lot of old .txt files that I'd like to convert to .rtf or .doc files
to be managed from now on in Word instead of in Notepad. These text files have what Word interprets to be a paragraph mark at the end of each line, and since my writing style is to double space paragraphs, two paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph. Of course, this effectively eliminates appropriate word wrapping as I either change the margin width, font or font size, or just edit the text. How can I convert these files to effectively eliminate the single paragraph marks and convert the doubles to singles? Doing so would, I think, give me a Word compatible paragraph format with full wrap flexibility. Thanks, Peggy |
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How do I convert paragraph marks to new line marks?
Peggy: You can get VERY creative with find and replace. Hit Ctrl+H and then
hit the More and Special buttons. Likely, something like find two paragraph returns (^p^p) and replace with PARARETURN (this is only temporary so you can safely do the next step), then find one paragraph return (^p) and replace with a space. Then find PARARETURN and replace with a paragraph return (^p). ************ Hope it helps! Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Peggy1959" wrote in message ... I have a lot of old .txt files that I'd like to convert to .rtf or .doc files to be managed from now on in Word instead of in Notepad. These text files have what Word interprets to be a paragraph mark at the end of each line, and since my writing style is to double space paragraphs, two paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph. Of course, this effectively eliminates appropriate word wrapping as I either change the margin width, font or font size, or just edit the text. How can I convert these files to effectively eliminate the single paragraph marks and convert the doubles to singles? Doing so would, I think, give me a Word compatible paragraph format with full wrap flexibility. Thanks, Peggy |
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How do I convert paragraph marks to new line marks?
Thanks Anne, I had already deduced this approach for myself. It will do the
trick and so, strictly speaking your suggestion does answer the question, but it is a cumbersome, multi-step approach. I was hoping someone knew of an "import", "file open", "reformatting" or "re-flowing" or other such function that could take care of this in one step. What frustrates me is that I can't imagine that this is such an unusual task. Notepad users, as well as other users like me of old PC-DOS editors frequently used this sort of line and paragraph formatting. Even a function that would take one complete selection of text and make it one paragraph would be a help, as it would give me paragraph by paragraph conversion control. Thanks for posting though, Anne. Peggy "Anne Troy" wrote: Peggy: You can get VERY creative with find and replace. Hit Ctrl+H and then hit the More and Special buttons. Likely, something like find two paragraph returns (^p^p) and replace with PARARETURN (this is only temporary so you can safely do the next step), then find one paragraph return (^p) and replace with a space. Then find PARARETURN and replace with a paragraph return (^p). ************ Hope it helps! Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Peggy1959" wrote in message ... I have a lot of old .txt files that I'd like to convert to .rtf or .doc files to be managed from now on in Word instead of in Notepad. These text files have what Word interprets to be a paragraph mark at the end of each line, and since my writing style is to double space paragraphs, two paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph. Of course, this effectively eliminates appropriate word wrapping as I either change the margin width, font or font size, or just edit the text. How can I convert these files to effectively eliminate the single paragraph marks and convert the doubles to singles? Doing so would, I think, give me a Word compatible paragraph format with full wrap flexibility. Thanks, Peggy |
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How do I convert paragraph marks to new line marks?
Use Find and Replace to replace ^p with ^l, then ^l^l with ^p. But do you
really want the line breaks at all? See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- 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. "Peggy1959" wrote in message ... I have a lot of old .txt files that I'd like to convert to .rtf or .doc files to be managed from now on in Word instead of in Notepad. These text files have what Word interprets to be a paragraph mark at the end of each line, and since my writing style is to double space paragraphs, two paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph. Of course, this effectively eliminates appropriate word wrapping as I either change the margin width, font or font size, or just edit the text. How can I convert these files to effectively eliminate the single paragraph marks and convert the doubles to singles? Doing so would, I think, give me a Word compatible paragraph format with full wrap flexibility. Thanks, Peggy |
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How do I convert paragraph marks to new line marks?
Maybe Greg Maxey's utility will help?
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm ************ Hope it helps! Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Peggy1959" wrote in message news Thanks Anne, I had already deduced this approach for myself. It will do the trick and so, strictly speaking your suggestion does answer the question, but it is a cumbersome, multi-step approach. I was hoping someone knew of an "import", "file open", "reformatting" or "re-flowing" or other such function that could take care of this in one step. What frustrates me is that I can't imagine that this is such an unusual task. Notepad users, as well as other users like me of old PC-DOS editors frequently used this sort of line and paragraph formatting. Even a function that would take one complete selection of text and make it one paragraph would be a help, as it would give me paragraph by paragraph conversion control. Thanks for posting though, Anne. Peggy "Anne Troy" wrote: Peggy: You can get VERY creative with find and replace. Hit Ctrl+H and then hit the More and Special buttons. Likely, something like find two paragraph returns (^p^p) and replace with PARARETURN (this is only temporary so you can safely do the next step), then find one paragraph return (^p) and replace with a space. Then find PARARETURN and replace with a paragraph return (^p). ************ Hope it helps! Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Peggy1959" wrote in message ... I have a lot of old .txt files that I'd like to convert to .rtf or .doc files to be managed from now on in Word instead of in Notepad. These text files have what Word interprets to be a paragraph mark at the end of each line, and since my writing style is to double space paragraphs, two paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph. Of course, this effectively eliminates appropriate word wrapping as I either change the margin width, font or font size, or just edit the text. How can I convert these files to effectively eliminate the single paragraph marks and convert the doubles to singles? Doing so would, I think, give me a Word compatible paragraph format with full wrap flexibility. Thanks, Peggy |
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