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Subject:RE: remove spaces from Word From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:yehoshua paul <ysp10182 -at- gmail -dot- com>, phil stokes <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:24:17 -0700
yehoshua paul wrote:
> I am not familiar with Word for Mac 2008. But in Word 2010, 2007, and even
> 2003 for Windows what I would do would be a search and replace all. Search
> for two spaces, and replace with one.
Works in any version of Word -- and any other word processor I can think of. Just remember to run it multiple times in case there are instances of three, four, or more spaces. Run it until Words tells you the Find string wasn't found.
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
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