Format Marks In Word Plus
If you copy and paste from the web, you frequently get a bunch of garbage and some bad formatting. The same can be true with PDFs and other such documents, and formatting each individual item is aggravating to say the least. When I was working on a project to organize and format questionnaires for a clinical psych lab, I ran into a lot of issues when it came to copying and pasting. I'm sure some people already know these tips and perhaps take for granted that not everyone knows how to do this, so this is for people who struggle with formatting and want an easier solution than painstakingly editing each line.This Instructable shows to quickly format copied text for reuse on the web, for an email, or for a document using Notepad and Word (2003).
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Is the source used in this example.If you want to more clearly see the process, click on the 'i' on each image and view the original size. Bullets and numbers (or really any sort of weird spaces or characters) usually have a rhythm to them, and you can remove these bullets/numbers using the rhythm to your advantage with the Replace function in Word. Once the bullets/numbers are removed, you can quickly go back through the text and add them again using the usual methods.Copy the bullets/numbering plus any symbols and spaces that appear before each line of text.Go to Edit-Replace (or hit CTRL+H).Paste into the 'Find What:' box.Click on More-Special-Any Character or type in '^?' For any numbers or recurring characters.Leave the 'Replace with:' box empty unless you are wanting to substitute for a character, format character, or text.Hit Replace All and click Yes in the next box.Repeat the process for double digit numbers by adding another '^?' Next to the other.Repeat once more for triple digit numbers if they exist.At this point, you can add the bullets/numbering back using Format-Bullets and Numbering.
After every return for a line of text, there is a hidden paragraph mark. You can use this to add or remove paragraphs/returns. You can add extra paragraph marks/returns, or you can delete excess paragraph marks/returns. For Adding Paragraph Marks:.Go to Special-Paragraph Mark or type '^p' into the 'Find What:' box.Type '^p^p' into the 'Replace with:' box.Click Replace All and Yes.For Removing Paragraph Marks:.Type '^p^p^p' into the 'Find What:' box and '^p^p' into the 'Replace with:' box.Click Replace All and Yes.Repeat until the replacements is 0.