Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 16, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
The Replace function built into Word is extremely powerful. Because of this it is possible to do quite a bit of damage to your documents. But sometimes you want to do damage, right? For instance, you may want to remove all occurrences of a certain type of paragraph. In lesser word processors, this can be quite a chore. But Word makes it relatively painless and quick, provided you have formatted your document using styles. To remove paragraphs, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The expanded Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
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2022-11-05 04:38:01
Ajithkumar
Hi, Can I have a word macro to delete a paragraph just preceding to 1 specific word ?
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