Deleting Blank Lines

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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PSJ

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

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"PSJ" wrote in message
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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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PSJ

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/Format...eanWebText.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:26:39 -0700, "PSJ"
wrote:

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.

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
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/Format...eanWebText.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:26:39 -0700, "PSJ"
wrote:

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.

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