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From: afdmello on 15 May 2010 05:38
I have a doc from Pdf that is pasted into word and now there are many
paragraph marks and I want the text continuous can I remove them using find
and replace? what is the syntax to be used please

afd


From: Graham Mayor on 15 May 2010 07:21
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

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"afdmello" <afdmello(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a doc from Pdf that is pasted into word and now there are many
>paragraph marks and I want the text continuous can I remove them using
>find and replace? what is the syntax to be used please
>
> afd
>


From: Willy on 15 May 2010 08:38
If you just need to remove the excess paragraph marks (and they really are
paragraph marks, which I suspect they are) you can use Find and Replace:

Search for ^p^p and replace with ^p so at least one paragraph mark is left
at the end of each paragraph. That way you can still see the paragraphs. If
you really want to remove all paragraph marks, replace with nothing.

Note that you may have to repeat the process a few times before all excess
marks are replaced.

After doing this you could replace ^p with ^p^t, a paragraph mark and a tab.
That way each paragraph will start with an indent which I feel is easier to
read.

Willy

"afdmello" wrote:

> I have a doc from Pdf that is pasted into word and now there are many
> paragraph marks and I want the text continuous can I remove them using find
> and replace? what is the syntax to be used please
>
> afd
>
>
> .
>
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 15 May 2010 09:30
You might as well start by replacing ^p^p with ^p^t, but it would be better
to apply a first-line indent to each of the paragraphs, better still to
apply a style that includes the first line indent, such as Body Text First
Indent.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Willy" <Willy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3897317-7C2D-4D41-9DFE-2A4E7F302F4E(a)microsoft.com...
> If you just need to remove the excess paragraph marks (and they really are
> paragraph marks, which I suspect they are) you can use Find and Replace:
>
> Search for ^p^p and replace with ^p so at least one paragraph mark is left
> at the end of each paragraph. That way you can still see the paragraphs.
> If
> you really want to remove all paragraph marks, replace with nothing.
>
> Note that you may have to repeat the process a few times before all excess
> marks are replaced.
>
> After doing this you could replace ^p with ^p^t, a paragraph mark and a
> tab.
> That way each paragraph will start with an indent which I feel is easier
> to
> read.
>
> Willy
>
> "afdmello" wrote:
>
>> I have a doc from Pdf that is pasted into word and now there are many
>> paragraph marks and I want the text continuous can I remove them using
>> find
>> and replace? what is the syntax to be used please
>>
>> afd
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>

From: Willy on 15 May 2010 12:11
Hi Suzanne,

> You might as well start by replacing ^p^p with ^p^t

This will only work when there are exactly two paragraph marks between
paragraphs.

If there are more they will not all be found on the first pass and if some
of the pairs have been replaced by ^p^t they won't be found on the next
pass(es).

Willy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> You might as well start by replacing ^p^p with ^p^t, but it would be better
> to apply a first-line indent to each of the paragraphs, better still to
> apply a style that includes the first line indent, such as Body Text First
> Indent.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Willy" <Willy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3897317-7C2D-4D41-9DFE-2A4E7F302F4E(a)microsoft.com...
> > If you just need to remove the excess paragraph marks (and they really are
> > paragraph marks, which I suspect they are) you can use Find and Replace:
> >
> > Search for ^p^p and replace with ^p so at least one paragraph mark is left
> > at the end of each paragraph. That way you can still see the paragraphs.
> > If
> > you really want to remove all paragraph marks, replace with nothing.
> >
> > Note that you may have to repeat the process a few times before all excess
> > marks are replaced.
> >
> > After doing this you could replace ^p with ^p^t, a paragraph mark and a
> > tab.
> > That way each paragraph will start with an indent which I feel is easier
> > to
> > read.
> >
> > Willy
> >
> > "afdmello" wrote:
> >
> >> I have a doc from Pdf that is pasted into word and now there are many
> >> paragraph marks and I want the text continuous can I remove them using
> >> find
> >> and replace? what is the syntax to be used please
> >>
> >> afd
> >>
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >
>
> .
>
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