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Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

Postby cabbagebnb » Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:59:26 GMT

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Problem in Word 2004: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads
Problem--Cannot remove auto paragraph spacing on downloaded web pages when save as Word documents.
Situation:
Download web pages with Firefox 3. (.htm or .html)
Open in Word 2004.
Save as Word file (.doc).
Styles>Normal>Paragraph>Space, Before: Auto, After: Auto.
--Auto is 5 points.
--Clearly Word's conversion of HTML <p></p>

Can modify all other aspects of a given style...
--Except space before and after.
If space set to "0," Word 2004 still maintains 5pt/5pt spacing.
Cannot change spacing.

My response...
Open Word 2004 file (.doc) in NeoOffice.
Save as NeoOffice file (.odt).
Save (.odt) file as (.doc) file.
Open in Word 2004.
Change paragraph before and after spacing as desired.

Also checked Safari, Opera, Flock.
Word 2004 opens all saved .htm-.html files with default space before and after = 5 points.

Of course, saving web pages as text files removes all formatting and paragraph structure.

Am not a techie...Is there a simple Word 2004 solution?

Re: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

Postby Clive Huggan » Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:37:35 GMT

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:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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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simply users of Word who help other users in a voluntary capacity. If you
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On 3/11/08 3:59 PM, in article XXXX@XXXXX.COM ,
" XXXX@XXXXX.COM <" wrote: >
> Version: 200>
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger>
> Processor: Power P>
>>
> 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>
> Save as Word file (.doc)>
> Sty>es>Nor>al>Paragr>ph>Space, Before: Auto, After: Auto>
> --Auto is 5 points>
> --Clearly Word's conversion of HTML&<t;

>/p>
>>
> Can modify all other aspects of a


Re: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

Postby John McGhie » Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:26:30 GMT

In Word>Preferences>Compatibility you can enable "Don't use HTML paragraph
auto spacing."

Or, you can turn on your paragraph marks so you can see what you are doing.
You will then see that Word "emulates" spacing by adding blank paragraphs.

It's a design bug.  Clive's solution will correct the problem.

Cheers


On 3/11/08 3:59 PM, in article  XXXX@XXXXX.COM ,




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Re: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

Postby Phillip Jones, C.E.T. » Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:18:25 GMT





Better know by Microsoft as an application enhancement. ;-)



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Re: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

Postby John McGhie » Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:32:56 GMT

Hi Phillip:

On 11/11/08 8:18 AM, in article  XXXX@XXXXX.COM ,




Yes, they "would" call it a "feature".  And I suppose we would have to give
them a limited licence on this one: amongst people who do not want to learn
to use Word, more would complain if they removed that behaviour than do
complain because it is there.

But for those who do know how to use a word-processor, the whole idea of
"blank lines" is an outrage that simply makes it impossible to control the
pagination or picture placement in your documents.

Cheers

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Sydney, Australia.   mailto: XXXX@XXXXX.COM 


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