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Subject:Re: Eliminating .txt file hard returns From:Greg Anderson <Greg -dot- Anderson -at- CENTRAL -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:47:13 -0600
Hello Gary,
When your colleague downloaded the document, did he do so from a Netscape
Browser? If so, revisit the site and select:
1. File -> SaveAs...
2. Format for Saved Document: Text
If your colleague instead selected a link, revisit the site and select:
1. (Point to the link...) with Right Mouse Button Select Save Link As...
2. Repeat Step 2 above.
Regards,
Greg 'Andy' Anderson
Gary Robinson <Robinson -at- COMINC -dot- COM> posted:
|^|A colleague of mine downloaded an important reference document from the
|^|Internet. This document arrived as a .txt file containing hundreds (at
|^|least) superfluous hard returns. Currently the document is 555 pages
|^|long. We figure it is actually about a third of that length without the
|^|extra returns. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to automatically
|^|remove these returns? To remove them manually could take years and cost
|^|thousands of lives.
|^|
|^|A search of the Techwr-l archives didn't prove helpful. I tried
|^|everything suggested without success. All suggestions are appreciated.
|| Greg 'Andy' Anderson | Sun Microsystems Broomfield, CO ||
|| Desktop Productivity Tools | Document Conversion Service ||
|| MS:UMBRM14-430 | email: greg -dot- anderson -at- Central -dot- Sun -dot- COM ||
