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lynn - 16 Mar 2004 19:41 GMT

I have a 50 page file that I want to change the
formatting. The first 2 pages are fine, but the rest
appear double spaced. Whoever created the file hit enter a
few times between sentences. Is there an easy way to
remove these blank lines ?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Mar 2004 00:02 GMT

Use Find and Replace to replace ^p^p with ^p until there are no empty
paragraphs left.

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> I have a 50 page file that I want to change the
> formatting. The first 2 pages are fine, but the rest
> appear double spaced. Whoever created the file hit enter a
> few times between sentences. Is there an easy way to
> remove these blank lines ?

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Graham Mayor - 17 Mar 2004 07:19 GMT

Or do it in one pass with a wildcard search for
^13{1,}
replace with
^p

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> Use Find and Replace to replace ^p^p with ^p until there are no empty
> paragraphs left.
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>> few times between sentences. Is there an easy way to
>> remove these blank lines ?

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