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Re: Word - How do I reformat lines into a single paragraph?

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From: Richard C. Long
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 15:51
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In article <1989Dec10.025722.424@smsc.sony.com>, dce@smsc.sony.com (David
Elliott) writes...

>It seems to me that there should be a way for me to select an area of
>text and have it reformatted into a single paragraph, but I haven't
[...]
>Can someone give me a hint?

Yes.  Word allows you to change certain control characters.  As I recall,
the code for the paragraph mark is ^P.  So, select the text, except for the
final paragraph mark, to be converted to a single paragraph, bring up the
change dialog and type ^P (that's caret followed by P) for what to change,
and nothing (or perhaps a space) for the "Change To" thing, and click
"Change Selection."

Good luck,
Rich
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