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Is there a way to "Find" and/or "Replace" carriage returns in Word? I know spaces are no problem, but I need to tackle extra lines.

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by syscokid

This works in Word 97, it should be similar in 2000.

Click on Tools, Replace. Click on More. Then click on Special. There are many special formatting things you can replace.

by clh web design

Do a Control-H
In the find box type: ^p
In the replace box type whatever you want - - - nothing to just remove all; a space; or whatever.

by dklippert

There's a trick if you're trying to re-format "e-mail" layout.
Replace ^p^p (two paragraph marks) with @@. Then replace ^p (a single mark) with nothing.
Now replace @@ with ^p.
This usually works pretty well.

The carriage return/enter mark/backwards P is actuallly called a "Pilcrow".

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