Thanks all. Some of you may not have noticed that I found a nice little utility that does the job:
http://mailsteward.com/wordwrapper/ Nice thing is that it will process a text file that's on the system clipboard. So I can copy a block from Word, "wordwrap" the clipboard and paste cleaned-up text into Indesign. Easily worth $15. Phil -- Phil Ward T: 01273 571980 T: 07971 961987 Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] www.myspace.com/philwardmusic • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. • Regular contributor to Sound on Sound and Performing Musician magazines. On 28 Apr 2010, at 12:09, Mr J Hodges wrote: > Phil, > > You could do a 'search/find and replace' on the 'return' putting in a 'space' > but instead of clicking 'apply to all' (or whatever) click 'next' for > subsequent surplus returns and then 'skip' for the ones you want to keep. > > I know it works in Quark and Word but the phraseology is different for > different apps. > > Good luck, > John > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Ward > [[email protected]] > Sent: 28 April 2010 11:25 > To: SMUG > Subject: [sussex_mug] Stripping Out Carriage Returns > > All, > > Does anybody know of an application that will strip out unnecessary carriage > returns in a Word (or rtf or text) document. A translator has supplied me > some copy in which they've inserted lots of unnecessary carriage returns, > presumably in order to make the column width look like the finished document > layout. Of course it's now a painful nightmare to drop the new text into > InDesign. > > Phil > > -- > Phil Ward > > T: 01273 571980 > T: 07971 961987 > Skype: aphilw > E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > www.myspace.com/philwardmusic<http://www.myspace.com/philwardmusic> > > • Freelance writer and product designer. > • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. > www.veilletteguitars.com<http://www.veilletteguitars.com>. > • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. > • Regular contributor to Sound on Sound and Performing Musician magazines. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of St Bedes School Trust > > Reasonable precautions (virus scanning) have been undertaken to ensure no > viruses are present in this email; St Bedes School Trust cannot accept > responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email > attachment(s) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
