Format+Editing+problem+in+a+large+work

Format Editing problem in a large work

If you have created a document of a large number of pages and then converted it to Adobe PDF file.

In doing so The conversion created a document of 100 pages. This was due to the Font size.

Sensibly, they reduced the font size. However, this did not reduce the number of pages, due to the fact that the lines of type stayed the same and left a large gap at the right-hand end of the page.

A member Jonfer came up with the solution by pointing out that in all probability each line had a hard return at the end of it preventing Word from deciding where to break lines to make appearance of the document appropriate.

To undertake the task of deleting every hard return on each line of some 100 pages was not an option to be considered.

The member suggested that the use of Find and Replace be considered by putting a hard return ( Ctrl + M ) in the Find box, and a space in the Replace box

Jonfer also suggested a click on the “ Show/Hide” to show all the formatting symbols and marks, this would display the hard returns and confirm the diagnosis

This was a brilliant tip for the 100 page document became a 20 page one.  