Ranulph, You introduced me to Nisus a year or two ago, and I love it. Much nicer than Word!
Do you have any suggestions for an email program other than Mail? Gilly 31 Castle Street Wallingford OX10 8DL 01491 825 178 07943 409 403 On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:06, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > I wasn't here when Phil sent his request. I know there's been an answer. But > for those of you looking for a wordprocessor that strips carriage returns, > try Nisus. The find and replace is particularly powerful. www.nisus.com > > There's also a macro (provided) called form paragraph, which will take a > chunk of text which has carriage returns, and form it into a paragraph. > > As column readers will know, Nisus is my favourite wordprocessor. These > features are one reason. > > Ranulph > > > On 28 Apr 2010, at 12:33, Phil Ward wrote: > >> No apology necessary John, not even close! >> >> P >> >> -- >> 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 12:28, Mr J Hodges wrote: >> >>> Sorry Phil, I sent my reply before I read the others - oops. Look good, >>> though, I may get it - well done for finding it. >>> >>> John >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Ward >>> [[email protected]] >>> Sent: 28 April 2010 12:27 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Stripping Out Carriage Returns >>> >>> 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]<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. >>> >>> 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]<mailto:[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<http://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]<mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<mailto:[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. >>> >>> 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. > > > -- > 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. 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