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Hi, I'm trying to remove returns & blank spaces that show up as ___________
within a table. I have multiple tables with this format & need to change
without manually selecting each return to delete.

I've tried to remove all formats, repaste into a new doc etc., can't seem to
figure out how to.

Any helps appreciated. Thanks,
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Have you tried selecting the table and then using Find and Replace? For
example, to get rid of multiple successive paragraph marks (shown as ¶
symbols with nonprinting marks displayed), you can replace ^p^p with
nothing.

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Hi, I'm trying to remove returns & blank spaces that show up as
___________
within a table. I have multiple tables with this format & need to change
without manually selecting each return to delete.

I've tried to remove all formats, repaste into a new doc etc., can't seem
to
figure out how to.

Any helps appreciated. Thanks,




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Default Removing returns & _________ spaces in tables

Thanks, I did try the find/replace & it doesn't remove it either. For
now, I'm taking the long way, copy/paste into excel then copy paste into
access, then back into excel to create a .csv file. It's a pain! Any other
ideas? Thaks

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Have you tried selecting the table and then using Find and Replace? For
example, to get rid of multiple successive paragraph marks (shown as ¶
symbols with nonprinting marks displayed), you can replace ^p^p with
nothing.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Christine" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm trying to remove returns & blank spaces that show up as
___________
within a table. I have multiple tables with this format & need to change
without manually selecting each return to delete.

I've tried to remove all formats, repaste into a new doc etc., can't seem
to
figure out how to.

Any helps appreciated. Thanks,





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Default Removing returns & _________ spaces in tables

If you want to send a copy of the offending table (or a portion of it) with
a copy of what you want it to look like, to the link on my web site I will
see if I can identify the issue.

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My web site www.gmayor.com
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Christine wrote:
Thanks, I did try the find/replace & it doesn't remove it either.
For now, I'm taking the long way, copy/paste into excel then copy
paste into access, then back into excel to create a .csv file. It's
a pain! Any other ideas? Thaks

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Have you tried selecting the table and then using Find and Replace?
For example, to get rid of multiple successive paragraph marks
(shown as ¶ symbols with nonprinting marks displayed), you can
replace ^p^p with nothing.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Christine" wrote in message
news
Hi, I'm trying to remove returns & blank spaces that show up as
___________
within a table. I have multiple tables with this format & need to
change without manually selecting each return to delete.

I've tried to remove all formats, repaste into a new doc etc.,
can't seem to
figure out how to.

Any helps appreciated. Thanks,



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