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Re: remove blank lines

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From: Steve Hards
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00
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Assuming that the lines with text before the blank lines end in full stops,
try using 'Find and Replace' for a full stop followed by two return markers
(that is, .^p^p) and replace with a stop followed by one (.^p) If you keep
running this until it doesn't find any more.

frank wrote in message <66fkd5$680@nnrp1.farm.idt.net>...
>is their a way to remove blank lines from a work document
>i have a document of 2000 lines and i have blank lines that i dont want to
>print
>is thair a way to delete them with find and replace or by wiriting a vba
>script
>
>
>thank in advance
>
>
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From: "Steve Hards" <steve@briarwood1000.co.uk>
Subject: Re: remove blank lines
Date: 1997/12/10
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