

To remove hard returns from a text file, pick the Special option. This gives you the option to be able to refine how you find and replace. From the Find and Replace dialog box, pick More. But there’s more to this feature than simply looking for text and replacing it with something else. You’ve probably used these before to find text, perhaps punctuation, and replace it with something else. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts: To begin, you’ll locate the Find and Replace commands on the right-hand side of the Home tab.

Review and edit your document as needed to finish the clean up of your file.If you created placeholders for the paragraph marks you want to keep, reverse the steps you used for Step 3 to put back the paragraph marks you want to retain in the document.

Depending on your document, replace the paragraph marks with a space or nothing at all. Choose Paragraph Mark from the options under Special.
