I copied a list of text from putty into word but, there is lots of empty space causing seperation of each paragraph. Is there a way with one single keystroke, to delete empty space on each line instead of holding the delete key for 5 seconds?



Better yet, is there a way to delete empty space on all lines with a command? Here is a sample:

-- Executing [zap2dahdi@macro-dial-one:7] Set("SIP/vitel-inbound-0000000e", " NEWDIAL=SIP/202&") in new stack
-- Executing [zap2dahdi@macro-dial-one:8] Set("SIP/vitel-inbound-0000000e", "ITER2=2") in new stack

Looks like I cannot simulate what word is doing here. the forum is pulling each contents of each line together. The seperation is occuring at the comma point.

00000000000e,.................lotsofspace......... .............."INTER2=2")in new stack

If you're confident, you could use search/replace to replace all occurrences of {space}{space} with just {space}. Repeat until the status message reports "changed 0 occurrences".

Wildcards would probably do it more elegantly, but for some reason I've never got round to investigating them for this particular task.

The following should work with wildcards, assuming that they are multple spaces, and no other characters-

Find:
(single space, followed by "{2,}"

Replace:
- edit - the foum won't allow me to quote a single space
(single space)

Any chance you are using fully justified text setting on your page?
If so, chances are that the pasted text has line breaks at the end rather than paragraph breaks. If this is the case, what happens if you select the problem text and left-justify it?

Is it possible that these are blank paragraphs, rather than spaces?