Deleting Blank Lines

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PSJ

I was sent a very long doc (using word 2000); there are numerous places with
3 hard returns & I only want 1. This means I have 2 blank lines that I need
to delete. Find/Replace does not recognize the hard return & doing it
manually will take several hours if not days. I'm sure there is a way to do
this, I simply don't know what it is. TIA for any assistance.
 
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Jay Freedman

In the Find/Replace dialog, the code ^p represents the paragraph mark
(what you call a hard return). You can also get this by clicking the
More button, then the Special button, and choosing "Paragraph Mark"
from the list.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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P

PSJ

Jay Freedman said:
In the Find/Replace dialog, the code ^p represents the paragraph mark
(what you call a hard return). You can also get this by clicking the
More button, then the Special button, and choosing "Paragraph Mark"
from the list.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Thanks to both of you -- it's a big help.
 

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