Hi Pat, Mekon has a plug-in called "mTools". It can remove empty paragraphs, but I'm not sure what it does with the formatting of the paragraphs you want to keep. It has been a while since I've used it.
You can find more information about mTools here: http://www.mekon.com/Technology/A-Z/MTools/index.jsp Kind regards -- Yves Barbion Documentation Architect Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor ____________________________________ On 10/5/07, Pat Christenson <pxenson at comcast.net> wrote: > > The problem with that is when you replace it with \p (to get rid of > the empty), you lose the paragraph formatting you want to keep unless > both paragraphs (the "good" one and the empty one) use the same > format. That's what made ^\p such a good solution - you could replace > it with nothing. > > Pat > > On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > > > Hi Pat, > > > > How about \P\p > > > > Rick Quatro > > Carmen Publishing > > 585-659-8267 > > www.frameexpert.com > > > >> Hi all - > >> For years I've used the following wildcat search string to locate > >> empty paragraphs: > >> ^\p > >> (start of line followed by paragraph ending) > >> It stopped working a couple releases ago (I believe in FM 7, > >> maybe earlier). Any suggestions? > >> If this doesn't work in FM, does anyone know a way of getting rid > >> of them in Word? I have a bunch of conversion work coming up. > >> Thanks. > >> Pat Christenson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as yves.barbion at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/yves.barbion%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
