How to remove leading blanks from a line

[BI_Guy]

I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.

 

[Word_workerBEE]

There are 2000 envelopes each having an name and address selecting the space
is very time consuming and tedious.
Not ever line has the space.

Example:
What I have:
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia

What I want
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia


I am looking for a find/replace string, regular expression or macro to solve
this problem.
I was able to do this twenty years ago with a simple line editor in UNIX, I
am sure
the bright people at microsoft have an easy to use elegant solution to this
problem.

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.

I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As indicated below, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L will do it.

If you must use a Replace string, then perhaps you should investigate using
wildcards; see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

There are 2000 envelopes each having an name and address selecting the
space
is very time consuming and tedious.
Not ever line has the space.

Example:
What I have:
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia

What I want
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia


I am looking for a find/replace string, regular expression or macro to
solve
this problem.
I was able to do this twenty years ago with a simple line editor in UNIX,
I
am sure
the bright people at microsoft have an easy to use elegant solution to
this
problem.

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.

I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Word_workerBEE]

Thank you.

I did not understand that I need to do a select all before the Ctrl+A,
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L.

Works as advertised thanks again.

As indicated below, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L will do it.

If you must use a Replace string, then perhaps you should investigate using
wildcards; see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

There are 2000 envelopes each having an name and address selecting the
space
is very time consuming and tedious.
Not ever line has the space.

Example:
What I have:
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia

What I want
Roger Marris
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Gil Hodges
Jolti Joe
Jery Garcia


I am looking for a find/replace string, regular expression or macro to
solve
this problem.
I was able to do this twenty years ago with a simple line editor in UNIX,
I
am sure
the bright people at microsoft have an easy to use elegant solution to
this
problem.

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.


BI_Guy wrote:
I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Word_workerBEE]

Thank you.

I did not understand that I need to do a select all before the Ctrl+A,
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L.

Works as advertised thanks again.

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.

I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

You do NOT need to do a select all before the Ctrl+A, because
Ctrl+A does a select all, as I explained in my original reply.

Thank you.

I did not understand that I need to do a select all before the Ctrl+A,
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L.

Works as advertised thanks again.


:

The easiest way to remove all leading and trailing spaces is to
press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, press Ctrl+E to center
the selection, and then press either Ctrl+L or Ctrl+J to left- or
full-justify the selection.

I have been given
2000 envelopes in MS Word

Some lines have leading blanks.

How do I remove the first blank on a line.
In vi or ed I would say
1,$s/^ //

I have attempted the following find & replace

find: ^m[ ]
replace: ^m

where ^m is a page/section break
but I lose most of the envelopes

Thanks in advance for your assistance.