Is there any way to remove numerous hard returns quickly?

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IBBI Rhonda - 04 Dec 2007 16:15 GMT

I am using Microsoft Office Word 2003 and reworking a huge table. There are
numerous hard returns within the tables that I am haveing to remove one at a
time to restructure the tables. Is there any way to remove them all at once.
I tried "Find and Replace" and "Remove all Formatting" which did not work.
THANKS!!

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Jay Freedman - 04 Dec 2007 16:57 GMT

> I am using Microsoft Office Word 2003 and reworking a huge table.
> There are numerous hard returns within the tables that I am haveing
> to remove one at a time to restructure the tables. Is there any way
> to remove them all at once. I tried "Find and Replace" and "Remove
> all Formatting" which did not work. THANKS!!

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

Edit > Replace should work if you do it correctly. The article discusses the
difference between manual line breaks and paragraph breaks, which may be the
cause of your problem.

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IBBI Rhonda - 04 Dec 2007 20:40 GMT

Thank You, you saved me hours of work!! Rhonda

> > I am using Microsoft Office Word 2003 and reworking a huge table.
> > There are numerous hard returns within the tables that I am haveing
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> difference between manual line breaks and paragraph breaks, which may be the
> cause of your problem.

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