Hi sparemejava,

Your problem description suggests the copied text has come though with paragraph breaks at the end of each line (and probably two paragraph or more breaks between logical paragraphs). You can fix this using a series of wildcard Find/Replace actions, with:
Find = ([!^13])([^13])([!^13])
Replace = \1 \3
Find = ([ ])[ ]{1,}
Replace = \1
Find = [^13]{2,}
Replace = ^p
Find = [ ^13]
Replace = ^p

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]