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Subject:Re: Eliminating .txt file hard returns From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- PRC -dot- DK> Date:Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:36:28 +1
Gary Robinson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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.
My programme "TrimTXT" has been designed specificly for that purpose. It includes macros for MS Word and WordPerfedc, which permits you to mark a text in e.g. Word and then convert it removing the hard returns.
The programme is shareware with a 30 days trial period. It can be downloaded from
http://www.prc.dk/software/
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
- specialists in user friendly manuals.
prc -at- prc -dot- dk
- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography, list
of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers:
http://www.prc.dk/user-friendly-manuals/
- text cleaning software, e.g. for reading difficult e-mails:
http://www.prc.dk/software/
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