removing end of line symbols
Thank you both. ^p did it for me.
Jeff (or should it be nephew Jeff grin)
Uncle Joe wrote:
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
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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
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