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I want to find and replace hard returns with soft returns. Is that possible
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Finding and Replacing Hard Returns with Soft Returns in Microsoft Word
That's it! Now all the hard returns in your document should be replaced with soft returns. Keep in mind that this will replace all hard returns in your document, so make sure you want to do this before clicking on the Replace All button.
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Scott -
Press CTRL+F to open the Find and Replace dialog box. In the Find What box, type in ^p - or you can click on the More button and then click the Special button and locate Paragraph Mark. Click the Replace tab In the Replace With box and type in ^l (that's a small L) - or you can click the Special button and locate Manual Line Break -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "scott" wrote in message : I want to find and replace hard returns with soft returns. Is that possible and how? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM |
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Are you saying you want to remove hard returns (created by pressing Enter)
with a natural line wrap? I don't think you want to replace the hard returns with manual line breaks or you would end up with almost the same format. If that's the case, first determine what you actually have at the end of each line. Click the Show/Hide command (¶) to turn on the formatting marks or press Ctrl+Shift+8. A paragraph mark is represented by ¶ and a manual line break looks like a hooked left-point arrow. Then follow these then use these steps: - Press F5 to open the Find and Replace dialog box - On the Replace tab, in the Find what text box, type either ^p (for the paragraph mark) or ^l (lowercase L for manual line breaks) - In the Replace with text box press your Spacebar - Click Replace All Then two replace any occurrences of multiple spaces, in the Find What text box press your spacebar twice and Replace With should still have the single space. Click Replace All. Note you may need to use Replace All a couple times to replace all multiple spaces Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "scott" wrote in message ... I want to find and replace hard returns with soft returns. Is that possible and how? |
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Thanks. That did it. For some reason when I selected the Manual Line Break
it did not put the caret in (it just put in the l, so when I replaced, it just put in the l, which wasn't what I needed) and I was not clever enough to realize that I should just put it in myself. "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: Scott - Press CTRL+F to open the Find and Replace dialog box. In the Find What box, type in ^p - or you can click on the More button and then click the Special button and locate Paragraph Mark. Click the Replace tab In the Replace With box and type in ^l (that's a small L) - or you can click the Special button and locate Manual Line Break -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "scott" wrote in message : I want to find and replace hard returns with soft returns. Is that possible and how? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM |
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So you *did* want to replace with manual line breaks. Good call, Dawn. :-)
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "scott" wrote in message ... Thanks. That did it. For some reason when I selected the Manual Line Break it did not put the caret in (it just put in the l, so when I replaced, it just put in the l, which wasn't what I needed) and I was not clever enough to realize that I should just put it in myself. "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: Scott - Press CTRL+F to open the Find and Replace dialog box. In the Find What box, type in ^p - or you can click on the More button and then click the Special button and locate Paragraph Mark. Click the Replace tab In the Replace With box and type in ^l (that's a small L) - or you can click the Special button and locate Manual Line Break "scott" wrote in message : I want to find and replace hard returns with soft returns. Is that possible and how? |
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