Re: Paragraph Marks

From: Ricardo Japiassu (rjapias@uol.com.br)
Date: Thu Oct 24 2002 - 14:32:48 PDT


:-) tks

Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu
Professor-pesquisador
Universidade do Estado da Bahia em Teixeira de Freitas - Uneb X
http://www.ricardojapiassu.pro.br

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Barowy" <wbarowy@attbi.com>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:59 PM
Subject: Paragraph Marks

> Generally when cutting and pasting into word from Acrobat Reader,
paragraphs
> are delineated by one "Paragraph Mark" (PM for short) and the end of line
by
> one, as you noted.
>
> So one strategy to use is to mark the text consituting the paragraph and
then
> replace the PM with nothing. Using the "find and replace" dialogue box
put
> the PM in the "find what" field and leave the "replace with" field empty.
PM
> is a choice in the "special" pop-up menu. MS word will just do the
> replacement in the selection only. It'll prompt you if you want to
continue
> -- which you do not.
>
> Select another paragraph (leaving the PM separating paragraphs unselected)
> and repeat.
>
> Wish it was simpler and slicker, but that's all there is.
>
> Yours Truly
> OXCG
>
> (One of the XMCA Computer Geeks.)
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> On Thursday 24 October 2002 04:13 pm, Steve Gabosch wrote:
> > I appreciate Ricardo starting up this thread. I'm just learning how to
get
> > around in Acrobat myself. When I cut and paste a passage or a page from
> > Acrobat to a word processor (I use Word), is there a way to eliminate
the
> > paragraph markers I get at the end of each line of text - while at the
same
> > time keeping the markers at the end of paragraphs where they belong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve Gabosch
>



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