How do I delete lines automatically?

[Ryan Harrington]

I am a middle school librarian, and I have to generate a lot of overdue
notices. Our software generates these notices in word pad and puts two
patrons per sheet of paper. The problem is that it adds many extra lines
between patrons and often a patrons' data goes from one page to the next. My
aides then have to go at these sheets with scissors to consolidate them. I am
curious if I copied the data into Word if there is some sort of formatting
trick that would allow me to delete the blank lines between patrons and
ensure that a patrons data doesn't carry over to the next page? This would
save me a ton of paper and a lot of work. Thanks for any help you might give
me.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Almost certainly, the blank lines are empty paragraphs that could be deleted
by using Edit>Replace, clicking on the More button and checking the Wildcard
box and then entering

^13{2,}

in the Find what control and

^p

in the Replace with Control.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP