How to remove paragraph markers at end of each line after cut-and-paste?

[nomail1983]

When I cut-and-paste from some applications into a Word document,
there are paragraph markers at the end of each line.

Is there an easy way to remove those paragraph markers, either during
or after pasting, other than editing each line and deleting the
paragraph markers manually?

Ideally, I would like Word to retain the paragraph markers before a
blank line; that is, at the end of true paragraphs.

I am using Office Word 2003 on an Intel-compatible PC (not a Mac).

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm .

 

[nomail1983]

Seehttp://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

Thanks. I thought I had tried AutoFormat, and it did not work for
me. But after reading the web page you cite, I tried it (again), and
it worked just fine. Klunk!

Thanks again.

 

[Zilbandy]

When I cut-and-paste from some applications into a Word document,
there are paragraph markers at the end of each line.

Is there an easy way to remove those paragraph markers, either during
or after pasting, other than editing each line and deleting the
paragraph markers manually?

Instead of simply pasting, use "Paste special" and choose "unformatted
text". This might fix it.