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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Removing Line Breaks</title>
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      <bookmark_value>line breaks;removing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>deleting; line breaks</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>copies;removing line breaks</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>paragraph marks;removing</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW changed "removing;..." to "deleting;...".</comment><comment>MW changed "paragraph marks;..."</comment>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155916" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="removing_line_breaks"><link href="text/swriter/guide/removing_line_breaks.xhp">Removing Line Breaks</link>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155858" role="paragraph">Use the AutoCorrect feature to remove line breaks that occur within sentences. Unwanted line breaks can occur when you copy text from another source and paste it into a text document.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153413" role="note">This AutoCorrect feature only works on text that is formatted with the "Default" paragraph style. </paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153138" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options</item>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149645" role="listitem">On the <emph>Options</emph> tab, ensure that <emph>Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than 50%</emph> is selected. To change the minimum percentage for the line length, double-click the option in the list, and then enter a new percentage.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145093" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145118" role="listitem">Select the text containing the line breaks that you want to remove.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156253" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Apply Style</item> box on the <item type="menuitem">Formatting</item> bar, choose “Default”.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153388" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect - Apply</emph>.</paragraph>
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