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Find and replace certain line breaks in Microsoft Word

tomasacus 0 Reputation points
2023-03-03T21:00:27.1366667+00:00

Hello

I wanna remove all unnecessary line breaks in subtitle files.

Here is a subtitle from Malcom in the Middle and I wanna go from this

501 00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,278 I'm really not a bad guy. 502 00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:49,115 Anyways... thanks.

to this

501 00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,278 I'm really not a bad guy. 502 00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:49,115 Anyways... thanks.

As you can see, the first line "I'm really not a bad guy." is one line only insted of two lines. The second line remained intact.

So there is my question: Can I do some find and replace code to help me remove all line breaks between two words that are in a separate line?

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  1. tomasacus 0 Reputation points
    2023-03-03T21:02:08.3633333+00:00

    The quotation screwed it up:

    Old one:

    501

    00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,278

    I'm really

    not a bad guy.

    502

    00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:49,115

    Anyways... thanks.

    New one:

    501

    00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,278

    I'm really not a bad guy.

    502

    00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:49,115

    Anyways... thanks.

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