How do I remove line returns from a large chunk of pasted text?

[Guest]

When citing references, sometimes the copied text contains a hard line return
after each sentence. I am looking for an easy way to remove all the line
returns within a selected area of text. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

As a general issue, use find/replace. ^p matches hard paragraph returns,
and ^l matches hard intraparagraph returns. Hence, you can use Find/Replace,
replacing ^p or ^l (depending on which kind you're trying to zap) with a
space (to prevent words from being concatenated).

You can select just the text that needs the replacement done, then choose
Find/Replace - Replace All to affect just the selected text, saying "No" to
the offer to continue to the rest of the document.

If this works for you and is a continuing need, you can record a macro then
put the macro on a toolbar or menu, or assign it to a keystroke to automate
the process in the future.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

See the FlowText macro here:
http://www.mirecki.us/computing/