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to: MIKE MAY
from: CEES SWEEP
date: 1996-06-11 21:55:00
subject: RE:STRIPPING PARAGRAPH MARKE

Op 10 Jun 96  05:51:00 schreef Mike May aan Robert Lidgren over 

-> QUESTION:  When using Word for Windows, is there some way to "strip"
-> those pesky paragraph markers (hard breaks) at the end of
->          EVERY LINE which seem to be included with text files we
->          download here at Log. Sol and also those we get from the
->          Internet?
->
->          Yes, I KNOW it can be done by manually deleting every one
->          of the little buggers (except for "normal" paragraph
->          breaks) but I'd like some way to do it globally for the
->          entire document.                       ^^^^^^^^
MM> 
MM> 
MM> Well I think if you go to the edit menu, then replace and enter a ^p for 
MM> the item to search for and nothing in the replace with box.  Then hit 
MM> "find next" and if you want to hit "replace all"  It will take out even 
MM> the ones you want though so procced with caution.
Try something like:
replace all  .^p   for .~~
replace all ^p     for nothing
replace all .~~    for .^p
Groeten, Cees
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