The end-of-line (paragraph) symbol you're referring to
would be entered as "^p" (don't key in quotes) in the
from field. To replace two paragraph markers with one:

Replace: ^p^p
With: ^p

"Jeff" wrote in message ...
I have received several word documents that I am helping an elderly relative edit. They were apparently
originally printed by his secretary on some electronic typewriter and appear in Word as double spaced. For a
variety of reasons - when I make my corrections I end up with a lot of single-spaced half lines interspersed
with other double lines - I need to change them into a single space document.

However when I "select all" and go to Format/paragraph I find they are already formatted as "Single Space".
If I turn on the end of line symbols (like a reverse P) I see that at the end of each line there is an end
of line followed by another end of line symbol at the beginning of the next line. So I thought to find and
replace each 2 "reverse P"s by a single P - or better still NO P at all - but cannot find the end of line
(reverse P) symbol in the find tool. Is there a way to search for it and remove it?

Thanks.

Jeff