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I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big document.
There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I opened in
Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the
find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of the
document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I have
done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option
somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where.
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Have you tried to Copy and Paste the 'rogue' paragraph marks into the FIND
box (note that you need to use the keyboard commands to copy/paste into the
FIND what box?
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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
"Dave C" <Dave C[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:459B0B71-DEDE-4687-80D3-3A3C0E7BE487[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] >I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big document.
> There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I opened
> in
> Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the
> find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of the
> document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I
> have
> done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option
> somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where.
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Sometimes the paragraph mark (¶) represents something other than a paragraph
break. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm for some
options.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.
"Dave C" <Dave C[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:459B0B71-DEDE-4687-80D3-3A3C0E7BE487[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big document.
> There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I opened
in
> Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the
> find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of the
> document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I
have
> done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option
> somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where.
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I tried to copy and paste into fine, it would just past a blank, so that did
not work. I did all the tricks from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm, but that did not help.
I tried my WORD 97 and it did JUST FINE! It was in another computer here,
so still am not sure why, so that symbol looks like a paragraph mark, but
must be something else.
"Dave C" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big document.
> There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I opened in
> Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the
> find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of the
> document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I have
> done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option
> somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where.
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Did you try ^013?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Dave C" <DaveC[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F74384B-1A10-4BCD-BA9B-CE49DC5F002E[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > I tried to copy and paste into fine, it would just past a blank, so that
did
> not work. I did all the tricks from
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm, but that did not
help.
> I tried my WORD 97 and it did JUST FINE! It was in another computer
here,
> so still am not sure why, so that symbol looks like a paragraph mark, but
> must be something else.
>
> "Dave C" wrote:
>
> > I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big document.
> > There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I
opened in
> > Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the
> > find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of the
> > document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I
have
> > done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option
> > somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where.
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Sometimes ^13 and ^10 both look like the pilcrow when displayed in a Word
document.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eH8GQ%23UqHHA.532[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Did you try ^013? > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so > all may benefit. > > "Dave C" <DaveC[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2F74384B-1A10-4BCD-BA9B-CE49DC5F002E[ at ]microsoft.com... >> I tried to copy and paste into fine, it would just past a blank, so that > did >> not work. I did all the tricks from >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm, but that did not > help. >> I tried my WORD 97 and it did JUST FINE! It was in another computer > here, >> so still am not sure why, so that symbol looks like a paragraph mark, but >> must be something else. >> >> "Dave C" wrote: >> >> > I need to replace what appears to be a paragraph mark in a big >> > document. >> > There are 3 in a row. This document was a text file (.txt) that I > opened in >> > Word 2002. When I wanted to get rid of 2 out of 3 of the marks, the >> > find/replace could only find 1 paragraph mark, the one at the end of >> > the >> > document. So the mark looks the same, but it must not be. HELP ME. I > have >> > done this before (last month) with no problems, so it must be an option >> > somewhere that got put on or off, I just don't know where. >
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And paragraph marks right in front of tables can't replaced.
Which makes sense if you try to remove them in the replacement (because
tables can't be inline), but else is just an awful nuisance.
Klaus
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