remove space at beginning of lines

[gwh]

Hi everyone,

I wondered if anyone could tell me if there was some way to
automatically remove a space that appears at the beginning of each line
in a Word document I have. I understand that you can use find and
replace but this method doesn't let you specify which space you want
removed. Is there some other way - perhaps a macro or something?

Would appreciate any tips offered.

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi,
if you turn on the invisible characters (by clicking the inverted P "¶" on
the toolbar or by hitting Cmd+8), is there actually a paragraph mark (again,
an inverted P "¶") at the end of each line, i.e. before the additional space
in the next line? If so, in the Find and Replace, tell Word to find
"^p[Space]" (no quotation marks, and an actual space instead of [Space]),
and to replace it with "^p" (again, no quotation marks). "^p" tells Word to
look for paragraph marks, so it will look for paragraph marks followed by a
space and replace it with a simple paragraph mark.

If that doesn't help, post back and give more details about the structure of
your document.

 

[Klaus Linke]

A quick method if all your text is left-aligned (or justified):

Select all (Ctrl+A), then click the "Center" button (or Ctrl+E).
That'll strip all whitespace from the beginning and end of paragraphs.
Then reapply the proper justification.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

In Word Mac, Klaus means cmd-A and cmd-E respectively.

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[gwh]

Thanks everyone for all the great advice!