delete blank lines in a normal word document

[Guest]

I have a report of 636 pages. I want to delete the blank lines to shorten
it. It will take forever to manually do this, is there a shortcut to this?

 

[Guest]

Edit|Replace (Ctrl-H). Choose "More..." then "Special..." Have it search
for "paragraph mark" "paragraph mark" (Find What will show ^p^p) and replace
it with "paragraph mark" (Replace With will show ^p). Choose Replace All.

Everywhere it finds two hard returns in a row, it will replace it with one.

If you have more than two blank paragraphs in some areas, you may need to
repeat the replace until you have only single paragraphs of text.

Good luck!

 

[Graham Mayor]

A wildcard replace of
(^13){1,}
with
\1
will shift the lot in one pass.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>