How to insert empty rows after every paragraph in Word 2019?

Question

I have a lot of text written but there are no spaces between the paragraphs so it's a little hard to read.

It would take a very long time to add the rows manually.

How can I do it easier?

I tried using Find and Replace but it didn't do anything.

If Word 2019 can't do it, any other program will be fine since I just need it for that then it's back to Word.

Thank you for any advice.

Answer 1

You can remove blank paragraphs by replacing ^p^p with ^p.

Answer 2

Instead of inserting blank lines, do the following:

• Right-click the Normal style in the Styles group of the home tab of the ribbon.
• Select Modify... from the context menu.
• Select Format > Paragraph...
• If you want to increase the space between subsequent paragraphs, increase the Spacing > After amount. You can specify the amount in pt (points), cm (centimeters) or in (inches). For example: 0.25 in
• If you want to increase the space between lines of the same paragraph,set Line spacing to for example 1.5 lines or to Double.
• Click OK.
• If you want to apply this to all new documents. click 'New documents based on this template'.
• Click OK.

Answer 3

Hmm, this does add space between the paragraphs. The problem is that the 1st part of the text is already formatted with empty lines between paragraphs. 
That is why I wanted to add empty lines here too. It's literally like hitting enter between paragraphs. If I add this 2nd part in the the same document then it will make the first part look strange.

Can I use Find and replace (or something else) to just remove all the empty lines from the 1st part?
Then both parts will be the same and I can join them and add the space like you already said.

Answer 4

Thanks, that worked very nicely. Replaced almost 5 thousand items.