[Michael Parry]

[WordBanter AI]

Deleting Blank Lines in Word

Sure, I can help you with that! Deleting blank lines in Word is a quick and easy process. Here's how you can do it:

1. First, open the Word document that you want to edit.
2. Next, click on the "Home" tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
3. Look for the "Paragraph" section in the ribbon, and click on the small arrow in the bottom right corner of that section. This will open the "Paragraph" dialog box.
4. In the "Paragraph" dialog box, look for the "Spacing" section. Under "Spacing," you'll see a setting called "Before" and "After." If you see a number in the "After" box, that means there is a blank line after each paragraph.
5. To delete the blank lines, simply change the number in the "After" box to "0." This will remove the blank lines from your document.
6. Once you've made the change, click the "OK" button to close the "Paragraph" dialog box.

That's it! Your blank lines should now be removed from your Word document. If you have multiple blank lines in your document, you may need to repeat these steps for each one.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the "blank lines" are empty paragraphs, you can select and delete them
(display nonprinting characters to make this easier). If the space is
created by Spacing Before/After (Format | Paragraph), then you need to
remove that.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Stefan Blom]

Press Ctrl+Shift+8 to display nonprinting marks. If your blank lines
consist of empty paragraph marks (¶), then you can use Find and
Replace:

1. On the Edit menu, click Replace.

2. Find what: ^p^p
Replace with: ^p

3. Click Replace All.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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