Removing CR's

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StepNjump

When I copy a text from the internet and paste it in Word, the layout somewhat stays the same. Thanks to those annoying Carriage Returns (or Line feeds) at the end of every sentence
I would like to take advantage of the width of my printed pages and remove all those line feeds in order for the text to go from 40 characters in witdh to about 160

Is there a way to quickly remove them other than go at the end of every line and pressing the delete button to get the next line to fit into the first

Thanks in advance.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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

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StepNjump said:
When I copy a text from the internet and paste it in Word, the layout
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somewhat stays the same. Thanks to those annoying Carriage Returns (or Line
feeds) at the end of every sentence.
I would like to take advantage of the width of my printed pages and remove
Click to expand...
all those line feeds in order for the text to go from 40 characters in witdh
to about 160.
Is there a way to quickly remove them other than go at the end of every
Click to expand...
line and pressing the delete button to get the next line to fit into the
first?
 
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Shauna Kelly

Hi StepNjump

See
Cleaning up text pasted from the Web
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
Melbourne, Australia


StepNjump said:
When I copy a text from the internet and paste it in Word, the layout
Click to expand...
somewhat stays the same. Thanks to those annoying Carriage Returns (or
Line feeds) at the end of every sentence.
I would like to take advantage of the width of my printed pages and
Click to expand...
remove all those line feeds in order for the text to go from 40
characters in witdh to about 160.
Is there a way to quickly remove them other than go at the end of
Click to expand...
every line and pressing the delete button to get the next line to fit
into the first?
 
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Graham Mayor

The conventional wisdom is to us the method suggested in the link pisted by
Suzanne and Shauna. There is an alternative that you might find easier, in
the shape of the Stripmail tool available for download (free) via a link on
the downloads page of my web site.

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