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Replace soft returns (SHIFT+Enter) w/ Paragraph Mark (^p)

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maril

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Sep 1, 2005, 2:04:01 PM9/1/05
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I've got a document that has several "soft return" which is created by
pressing SHIFT+Enter keys.

I'm trying to replace those with "hard returns" aka paragraph mark, but
cannot find anything in the "Special" menu in the Find & Replace dialog box.
Any insight or answers to this???

Greg

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Sep 1, 2005, 2:09:39 PM9/1/05
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find ^l
replace with ^p

Daiya Mitchell

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Sep 1, 2005, 2:31:59 PM9/1/05
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Greg gave the fix--but a PS: Word calls soft returns manual line breaks,
which is how they are listed in the Special menu in F&R. And hard returns
are paragraph marks.

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maril

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Sep 1, 2005, 3:02:05 PM9/1/05
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Thank you so much! Sometimes it's confusing when changing from one software
program to another, especially when I started out when we had the old manual
typewriters! Have a great day!

maril

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Sep 1, 2005, 3:04:03 PM9/1/05
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Many thanks! Have a great day!

"Greg" wrote:

> find ^l
> replace with ^p
>
>

Rajula

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Sep 16, 2008, 5:45:00 AM9/16/08
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Hi,

When i search for ^|, i get this error message "^| is not a valid special
character for the Find What box".. Can you tell me why is that.

Regards
Rajula

Stefan Blom

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Sep 16, 2008, 5:50:48 AM9/16/08
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In the find & replace dialog box, use ^l (that is, ^ followed by lowercase
L) for manual line break.

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Rajula

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Sep 16, 2008, 6:24:01 AM9/16/08
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Thankyou very much for the response. Works fine.
Regards
Rajula

Stefan Blom

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Sep 17, 2008, 4:15:17 AM9/17/08
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You are welcome, and thank you for the feedback.

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