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Old 06-14-2010, 08:18 AM
sixhobbits sixhobbits is offline finding paragraphs Windows XP finding paragraphs Office 2007
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Hi,

I have 200 pages of text and am trying to make all the paragraph styles consistent.

Some of the text uses one 'enter' between paragraphs. eg:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent sed nisl ut risus tempus ultrices non vitae diam. Suspendisse dictum tortor nec ipsum rhoncus et tempor sapien ornare. Maecenas tincidunt enim quis diam tincidunt placerat.
Vivamus erat dui, interdum quis egestas vel, accumsan dapibus risus. Duis dictum feugiat ipsum, sed varius nulla elementum sit amet. Morbi tellus justo, cursus quis laoreet a, vestibulum nec sapien. Nunc id magna in risus auctor mattis.

and some use two. eg:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent sed nisl ut risus tempus ultrices non vitae diam. Suspendisse dictum tortor nec ipsum rhoncus et tempor sapien ornare. Maecenas tincidunt enim quis diam tincidunt placerat.

Vivamus erat dui, interdum quis egestas vel, accumsan dapibus risus. Duis dictum feugiat ipsum, sed varius nulla elementum sit amet. Morbi tellus justo, cursus quis laoreet a, vestibulum nec sapien. Nunc id magna in risus auctor mattis.

I would like to use find and replace to correct the first example to the second.

Any ideas?



Thanks,

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Old 06-14-2010, 08:27 AM
Kimberly Kimberly is offline finding paragraphs Windows 7 finding paragraphs Office 2010 (Version 14.0)
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backup the doc and then:
Find and replace all ParagraphMark ParagraphMark with something that would never occur naturally in the doc like "zzzz".
Now replace all ParagraphMark with ParagraphMark ParagraphMark.
Now replace all "zzzz" with ParagraphMark ParagraphMark.
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Old 06-14-2010, 09:48 AM
sixhobbits sixhobbits is offline finding paragraphs Windows 7 finding paragraphs Office 2007
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Thanks, works like a charm.

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