Cannot single space lines?

[joemiller]

i have a .txt file pasted into a word document and cannot get it to single space.

when i click on the paragraph symbol to display the otherwise hidden line control paragraph symbols a symbol appears at the end of every line and on an otherwise blank line below it.

i have unsuccessfully tried many ways, in addition to editing the symbols, to single space the text lines.



any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[gmayor]

The line spacing setting adjusts the spacing between the lines in a paragraph. You need paragraph spacing to adjust the spacing between the paragraphs. Set Space After to (say) 12.

[joemiller]

i have unsuccessfully tried all the single space options i can find.

i copied the original notepad text to a word document and then applied the ''show paragraph symbol option'' resulting in the image displayed in the attachment.

i'm guessing i need to eliminate the stand alone paragraph control characters between each line?

please advise

[gmayor]

You certainly have empty paragraphs between the paragraphs with text, but as I already said this is nothing to do with line spacing but paragraph spacing. Select the text and then -

[joemiller]

your red arrows helped enormously. i was completely unaware of the concept of clicking on the little paragraph check box.

i selected text and tried to apply the settings shown in the attachment to the text, but was unsuccessful [i.e.] the unwanted paragraph controls did not go away.

your help is much appreciated.

[gmayor]

None of this will affect the empty paragraphs. You can remove those using the replace function (CTRL+H). replace
^13{1,}
with
^p
with the wildcard option set.

[joemiller]

that worked.
many thanks again for being such a valuable resource.
much appreciated