Year and numbers putting a carriage return in documents

[Tim]

I have a OCR document that when a year (or number) comes up, it has
inserted a carriage return into the line. I am trying to figure out a
way to do a find and replace that can insert a backspace in the command
line.

An example is:
Of the 1,700 full-length feature films made from
1941 to 1945, more than one-third were war-related. Film was the
government's preferred medium to mobilize support for the war effort.
In the words of Elmer Davis, director of the

I would like for it to look like
Of the 1,700 full-length feature films made from 1941 to 1945, more
than one-third were war-related. Film was the government's preferred
medium to mobilize support for the war effort. In the words of Elmer
Davis, director of the

This is in word 2004 V11.2 using Mac10.4.4.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

An example is:
Of the 1,700 full-length feature films made from
1941 to 1945, more than one-third were war-related. Film was the
government's preferred medium to mobilize support for the war effort.
In the words of Elmer Davis, director of the

I would like for it to look like
Of the 1,700 full-length feature films made from 1941 to 1945, more
than one-third were war-related. Film was the government's preferred
medium to mobilize support for the war effort. In the words of Elmer
Davis, director of the

This is in word 2004 V11.2 using Mac10.4.4.

A quick, low-tech way to do it would be

Replace what: ^p1
Replace with: <space>1

(where <space> is replaced by a space character) followed by

Replace what: ^p2
Replace with: <space>2

if you have 200x dates.

 

[Tim]

Thanks. That is what I needed. Is there something in the help menu on
this ^p?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Thanks. That is what I needed. Is there something in the help menu on
this ^p?

^p is the Find and Replace term for paragraph mark, obviously.

If you click on the blue arrow in the bottom left of the F&R dialog to
expand it, you will see a Special menu, which lets you enter things like
paragraph marks and line breaks into the F&R boxes. You can teach yourself
the shorthand terms this way--or just not bother to remember them because
they are accessible via the menu.

Relevant Help topics: " Find and replace formatting" has a subtopic re F&R
paragraph marks--but it just gives the menu access. Don't know if there's a
list anywhere.