Add an extra line

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Add an extra line

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I have a large document. I want to add a carriage return after a specific repeated word. How would I create sort of a formula that would look for the word with the period, specifically "below."? I want to have the extra blank line after that.

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Answer 1

Using empty paragraphs is not really a good idea, but you can do it as follows:

Press Ctrl+H to activate the Replace dialog.

In the 'Find what' box, enter below.

In the 'Replace with' box, enter below.^p

^p is the code for a paragraph mark.

Click 'Replace All'.

A better alternative would be to create a style that is the same as the style for the body of your document (usually Normal) but with Space After in the Paragraph format set to (for example) 18 points. Name it ExtraSpace or something like that.

This time, in the Replace dialog, click 'More >>'.

Leave the 'Replace with' box empty, but after clicking in it, click Format > Style...

Select the style that you created, then Click OK.

Finally, click 'Replace All'.

Answer 2

Thank you. I wanted this for a temporary fix. The template has already been fixed I wanted to do the fastest way to correct the merged documents that take about 45 minutes to create 2000 pages in the document. This way it only takes 20 seconds. I appreciate the advice on best practices but only needed the quick fix.

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