Also, I think there is an error in the document. Under Second pass, I
think
it should say, 1. In the "Find what" box, type ^p. If the "Second pass"
process is accurate, then the document never explains how to manually get rid
of the ^p (because the Autoformat tab of Tools > AutoCorrect doesn't do
anything).
No, the article is correct. The assumption is that each line ends in a line
break and each paragraph ends with two line breaks. First you replace each
pair of line breaks with a paragraph break, and then you replace the
remaining single line breaks with spaces (or nothing, if they are already
preceded by spaces). And you don't do this one paragraph at a time; you do
it for the entire block of pasted text. If you are replacing paragraph
breaks with spaces, then you are going beyond what the procedure is intended
to do.
Also, if the text you are starting with has a paragraph break (rather than a
line break) at the end of each line, then it doesn't meet the criteria. If
AutoFormat doesn't work on it, then you can use a different procedure,
assuming that there are two paragraph breaks (a "blank line") between
paragraphs:
1. Replace ^p^p with @@.
2. Replace ^p with a space (if needed).
3. Replace @@ with ^p.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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