How to delete extra blank lines in Word

First, paste the downloaded information on the Internet to the notepad, and then copy/paste it to the Word document. This process can automatically delete some blank lines and convert all line breaks in the document into carriage returns (paragraph marks ).

Then, delete unnecessary rows. InEditClickReplaceButton (or simultaneously pressingCtrlAndHKey), openSearch and replaceDialog box.

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SelectReplaceTab, clickMore.

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ClickSpecial formatButton, selectSection mark;

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(If you are familiar with the code/wildcard, you can also enter^ P)

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Beans want to leave a blank line between paragraphs and delete other unnecessary ones. Therefore, you can enter^ P, Replace column input^ PTo convert empty rows into one row. Then, pressReplace allButton.

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Replacement result:

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Repeated timesReplace allButton until the result is replaced with 0.

However, after multiple replacement, sometimes there are still carriage returns or blank lines that cannot be eliminated.

Before replacement

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After replacement

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What's going on here? Isn't this method feasible?

Take a closer look. There is a space before the carriage return. ThatSearch ^ pBy default, the syntax of is two adjacent blank rows without spaces, so it becomes invalid here.

To solve this problem, you must first delete spaces in the text. InSearchInput^ W,ReplaceLeave the column blank and pressReplace all. (If you do not remember the wildcard, you canSpecial formatSelectBlank area)

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Try againReplace ^ p with ^ pTo eliminate unnecessary empty rows.