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Hi and I know this is a really old thread but I had the same problem and here's how I fix it.
What to type is in the " " symbols and what I can't reproduce is in ().
1. Need word processor with find and replace features.
2. Open document.
3. Find ".(paragraph mark or crlf)"--what's important is that there is no space between the . and the paragraph mark.
4 Replace all those with "...." -This is so later you can find the real end of your paragraphs.
5. Now remove all the paragraph marks in the document. Yes, you'll have a wall of text but it's ok.
6. Find "...."
7. Replace that with the ".(paragraph mark or crlf)"
8. Your document should look normal now.
The assumption is that most of the . followed by the Paragraph mark will only be at the end of paragraphs. In books with lots quotes I'll also do a Find/Replace of these characters: " ? !
Then what you do is instead of the . as the first character just put in one of the others but always follow it with four .... -- use four periods because sometimes if a character in a book stops talking the words will trail off to ... three periods.
So you will Find/Replace "?...." or ""...." and then just replace the "?(paragraph mark)"
Just remember no spaces in the find or replace.
Hope this helps someone later on. I use this about every four or five documents I convert or old one's I find one a floppy... hehe
Doran
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