ear [whoever],
Lucky you're using Word 2004, because there is a good VBA solution (and you
don't need to be a techie by any means to install these).
The way I do it involves two stages.
The first is a button to paste in text devoid of formatting other than the
characteristics of the paragraph at the point at which it is pasted -- that
is, it carries out the equivalent of Edit menu Paste Special Unformatted
text OK.
Take a look at the item "Paste unformatted text / plain text" on page 190 of
some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your
Will", which are available as a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).
[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]
The second stage involves selecting the text and using the following macro
to replace double paragraph marks with single ones:
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Sub DoubleParaMarksToOneInSelection()
'
' DoubleParaMarksToOneInSelection Macro
' Replaces double para returns with single in selected text
' Macro recorded 5/7/03 by Daiya Mitchell; amended by John McGhie and Clive
Huggan
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^p^p"
.Replacement.Text = "^p"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
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It's easy to apply my own formatting via styles after that.
I use these two macros many times each day; wouldn't be without them!
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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> Version: 200>
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger>
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> Problem in Word 2004: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web download>
> Problem--Cannot remove auto paragraph spacing on downloaded web pages whe>
> save as Word documents>
> Situation>
> Download web pages with Firefox 3. (.htm or .html>
> Open in Word 2004>
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> Sty>es>Nor>al>Paragr>ph>Space, Before: Auto, After: Auto>
> --Auto is 5 points>
> --Clearly Word's conversion of HTML&<t;>/p>
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> Can modify all other aspects of a