In Microsoft Word, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Replace to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
Check the
Use wildcards
check box. If you don't see the Use wildcards check box, click More, and then select the check box.In the
Find what:
box, enter the following regular expression:([a-z])^13
In the
Replace with:
box, enter:\1
- thats: (backslash 1 SPACE) (don't forget the space!)
And that's it! Then click either the Replace
button or the Replace All
button.
Note: In MS Word, the ^13
character matches the paragraph mark at the end of each line.
Here's more information about Microsoft Word and Regular Expressions - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/find-and-replace-text-by-using-regular-expressions-advanced-HA102350661.aspx
Edit:
Oh, the above matches lowercase letter PRECEDING line break.
If you want to match line break FOLLOWED by lowercase letter, do the following:
In the
Find what:
box, enter the following regular expression:^13([a-z])
In the
Replace with:
box, enter:\1
- thats: (SPACE backslash 1) (don't forget the space!)
Tested both ways and they both work in Microsoft Word 2010, however documentation says that regular expressions are supported in all versions 97 - 2013.
Good luck! :)