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AlexBell · 08-10-2016, 12:36 AM

I've been sent a doc file to turn into an ebook. My usual practice is to run the doc file through Atlantis Word Processor to turn it in to an HTML file, and go on from there.

But the author, for reasons best known to her, has ended every line of text with a carriage return, so Atlantis turns every line of text into a paragraph.

Also, the author has not separated 'real' paragraphs in the text.

Can anyone suggest a way to remove to get rid of the excess carriage returns/paragraphs? I vaguely remember a tool with which one could select a block of text, then press a key combination to remove all the <p> and </p> tags except the ones starting and finishing the block. But I can't remember which software it was in. Any suggestions?

08-10-2016, 12:36 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	How can one remove excess carriage returns? I've been sent a doc file to turn into an ebook. My usual practice is to run the doc file through Atlantis Word Processor to turn it in to an HTML file, and go on from there. But the author, for reasons best known to her, has ended every line of text with a carriage return, so Atlantis turns every line of text into a paragraph. Also, the author has not separated 'real' paragraphs in the text. Can anyone suggest a way to remove to get rid of the excess carriage returns/paragraphs? I vaguely remember a tool with which one could select a block of text, then press a key combination to remove all the <p> and </p> tags except the ones starting and finishing the block. But I can't remember which software it was in. Any suggestions?