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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / October 2006Deleting Blank Lines
I was sent a very long doc (using word 2000); there are numerous places with 3 hard returns & I only want 1. This means I have 2 blank lines that I need to delete. Find/Replace does not recognize the hard return & doing it manually will take several hours if not days. I'm sure there is a way to do this, I simply don't know what it is. TIA for any assistance.  SignaturePSJ See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I was sent a very long doc (using word 2000); there are numerous places with > 3 hard returns & I only want 1. This means I have 2 blank lines that I need > to delete. Find/Replace does not recognize the hard return & doing it > manually will take several hours if not days. I'm sure there is a way to do > this, I simply don't know what it is. TIA for any assistance. In the Find/Replace dialog, the code ^p represents the paragraph mark (what you call a hard return). You can also get this by clicking the More button, then the Special button, and choosing "Paragraph Mark" from the list. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >I was sent a very long doc (using word 2000); there are numerous places with >3 hard returns & I only want 1. This means I have 2 blank lines that I need >to delete. Find/Replace does not recognize the hard return & doing it >manually will take several hours if not days. I'm sure there is a way to do >this, I simply don't know what it is. TIA for any assistance. > In the Find/Replace dialog, the code ^p represents the paragraph mark > (what you call a hard return). You can also get this by clicking the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>do >>this, I simply don't know what it is. TIA for any assistance. Thanks to both of you -- it's a big help. SignaturePSJ
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