I have downloaded a book from the Internet which is in text format. I opened
in Word 2007, but the word align is way off. Sentences are broken up into
more than one line. I would like to format each paragraph so that it is
easier to read. I am not sure how to go about it. I have been doing line by
line and getting rid of spaces (sometimes a whole page) from between the
words. Is there an easier way to accomplish this project?
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turkmah

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:36:00 -0800, turkmah <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I have downloaded a book from the Internet which is in text format. I opened
>in Word 2007, but the word align is way off. Sentences are broken up into
>more than one line. I would like to format each paragraph so that it is
>easier to read. I am not sure how to go about it. I have been doing line by
>line and getting rid of spaces (sometimes a whole page) from between the
>words. Is there an easier way to accomplish this project?

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Jay Freedman;

I went to the link and followed it. It made not correctioon on the document.
I cut and pasted one section and it did nothing to change that. The problem
may be with me. I am not sure but I'm doing each line manually. The book is
over 1,000 pages. If you have any other suggestions, I will be more than
happy to hear them. Thank you for what you have informed me of.
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turkmah


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:36:00 -0800, turkmah <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >I have downloaded a book from the Internet which is in text format. I opened
> >in Word 2007, but the word align is way off. Sentences are broken up into
> >more than one line. I would like to format each paragraph so that it is
> >easier to read. I am not sure how to go about it. I have been doing line by
> >line and getting rid of spaces (sometimes a whole page) from between the
> >words. Is there an easier way to accomplish this project?
>
> See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.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.
>

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:17:00 -0800, turkmah <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Jay Freedman;
>
>I went to the link and followed it. It made not correctioon on the document.
>I cut and pasted one section and it did nothing to change that. The problem
>may be with me. I am not sure but I'm doing each line manually. The book is
>over 1,000 pages. If you have any other suggestions, I will be more than
>happy to hear them. Thank you for what you have informed me of.

If you used the AutoFormat method described in the article and it didn't correct
anything, then use the Find/Replace method instead.

First display the nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, and look at
the character at the end of each line. If it is a ¶ symbol, then you must
replace paragraph marks (using the ^p code) instead of replacing line breaks
(using the ^l code) with these modifications to the instructions:

- In Step 2 of the "First Pass" part of the procedure, enter ^p^p instead of
^l^l, and in Step 3 enter $$ instead of ^p. Then click the Replace All button.

- In Step 1 the "Second Pass" part of the procedure, enter ^p instead of ^l.
Then do Steps 2 and 3.

- In this case, you need one more pass. In the "Find what" box, enter $$. In the
"Replace with" box, enter ^p. Then click the Replace All button.

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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.

Jay:
This is strange. I closed the document and opened back up again and it is
all fixed. I have never had that happened before so I'm all straight. Thank
you.
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turkmah


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:17:00 -0800, turkmah <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Jay Freedman;
> >
> >I went to the link and followed it. It made not correctioon on the document.
> >I cut and pasted one section and it did nothing to change that. The problem
> >may be with me. I am not sure but I'm doing each line manually. The book is
> >over 1,000 pages. If you have any other suggestions, I will be more than
> >happy to hear them. Thank you for what you have informed me of.
>
> If you used the AutoFormat method described in the article and it didn't correct
> anything, then use the Find/Replace method instead.
>
> First display the nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, and look at
> the character at the end of each line. If it is a ¶ symbol, then you must
> replace paragraph marks (using the ^p code) instead of replacing line breaks
> (using the ^l code) with these modifications to the instructions:
>
> - In Step 2 of the "First Pass" part of the procedure, enter ^p^p instead of
> ^l^l, and in Step 3 enter $$ instead of ^p. Then click the Replace All button.
>
> - In Step 1 the "Second Pass" part of the procedure, enter ^p instead of ^l.
> Then do Steps 2 and 3.
>
> - In this case, you need one more pass. In the "Find what" box, enter $$. In the
> "Replace with" box, enter ^p. Then click the Replace All button.
>
> --
> 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.
>