Searching for empty paragraphs

[Stuart Rogers]

Pat Christenson wrote:
> 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.

In Word, search on ^p^p to find empty pgfs; replace with ^p. (A brief 
experiment indicates it won't mess up formatting, but you'd be wise to 
verify.)

HTH,

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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