Help cleaning up bad paragraph breaks

S

Sandusky

Windows XP Pro SP2
MS Word 2003 SP3

I have inherited a document that was originally created in Notepad and has
paragraphs that look like the psuedo-paragraphs below:

xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p

xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p

xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p
xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
xxxx xx xxxxx x xxx^p

I'm looking for a fast way to remove the unnecessary paragraph breaks while
preserving a blank line between the actual intended paragraphs.

I've written a macro that will do this on a selection, but I can only do it
one small selection at a time as the macro will also delete the blank line
between the intended paragraphs.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

-gk-
 
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