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Removing extraneous carriage returns using "Find and Replace"?


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Good morning, 

I have an admittedly self-inflicted problem I'm trying to resolve... I've imported my text and done quite a bit of editing before realizing that my "double return" between paragraphs is causing me layout issues. I know what to do differently next time, but my question is this – can I do a "find and replace" to remove them?

I've tried, but I can't seem to figure out what to put in the "find" box. (I've tried copying the special character mark, using ^p, etc.)

Thank you in advance~

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Something like this should work. If you click on the pulldowns that I have highlighted you'll get choices for the special characters. You want paragraph breaks.

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-- Walt
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You're welcome :)

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

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iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.3.1

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