Hi,

I am having a problem but the bad part is I don't know the right words or terminology as to what to call it. Please read on, I will explain with an image.

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I am reading from a document using multiple columns, so when I copy and paste the relevant words, I get as shown in the first paragraph.

What I want is that , when I paste or do a simple manipulation(any shortcut?) , I should be able to transform those words neatly into as shown in second paragraph.

Right now, I delete the extra blankspace each time, but I am hoping I can find a better way to do since, I have lots of reading to do for a pdf using multiple columns and concomitantly, lots to copy to a separate word file in a better way.



Thanks in advance!

In order to answer your question we need to know what is causing the space. The place to start is to click the ¶ button on the Home tab of the ribbon to display the formatting and also to display the rulers so that you can see the margins that apply.

However as a simple first step you could paste the content with Paste Special > unformatted text, which will format the text to match the format at the cursor. Then any short lines will be attributable to additional paragraph or line breaks from the source material.

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Thank you. Yes, the break is happening due to line breaks in each line I think
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This is what it appears with the golf-stick-alike button "on"

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Also, I tried modifying the paste special, but it is of no use.

Whatever you are copying comes from a source where every line has a paragraph break at the end. This often happens with content copied from PDFs, for example. For a macro to clean up such content, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/...html#post32907

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Paul Edstein
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Exactly what I wanted. This macro perfectly fits the bill.

Thanks , gmayor and macropod. You both are the real MVP. (Most Valuable Player and Microsoft Valuable Partner)