MS Word: How to remove all return (new lines) in an exising document

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MS Word: How to remove all return (new lines) in an exising document

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MS Word: How to remove all returns of short lines in an existing document?

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Answer 1

Open the Find/Replace window (shortcut: [CTRL]+[h]). Execute the following Find/Replace operation

Find what: ^p

Replace with:

Please note that you should not put anything (ie, replace with nothing) if you just want to get rid of the new lines (paragraph marks). If you want to build a comma separated list insted, replace with a comma and a space (,).

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Paul Edstein 82,861 Volunteer Moderator

You can delete paragraph breaks and manual line breaks using Find/Replace. For something more sophisticated, see: http://www.msofficeforums.com/word/9775-remove-bulk-reset-line-breaks.html#post24698

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