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Q194493: WD97: Linefeeds or Line Breaks Become Paragraph Marks

Article: Q194493
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta winword word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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After saving a document in Text Only or Text Only With Line Breaks format, all
line feeds and line breaks are converted to paragraph marks. These characters
include newline characters (created by pressing SHIFT+RETURN on the main
keyboard), page breaks, and section breaks.

MORE INFORMATION
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In addition to converting all line breaks to paragraph marks, the Text Only With
Line Breaks file format inserts a paragraph mark at the end of each line.

Additional query words: linefeed

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Keywords          : kbdta winword word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbinfo

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