Re: Text File Output

In article
<bbc3bd68-541d-476b-aeca-1aeee08aed29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi

I have tried your suggestion Harry. I saved a Microsoft Word document
as a text file. Them when I opened it and asked it to look for '# '
and replace with '^p' it didn't recognize the '^p' at all and
therefore did not insert carriage returns as I expected it to.

I would like to do it that way if at all possible because it doesn't
take long to replace one value with another in notepad.

Did it actually insert "^p" instead of the Return??

It's possible the Return tag is different in your version. In my Mac
version of Microsoft Word the Find / Replace window has a "More" button
which displays some extra items at the bottom, one of which is a
"Special Characters" pop-up menu.

The other way is to simply copy a Return from the document and Paste it
into the Replace window. If you have a document which has the text:

Line1
Line2
Line3

you can select from just after the "Line1" down to just before the
"Line2" and then a copy command should copy just the Return (assuming
there's no spaces or tabs on the end of the "Line1" of course).

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)
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