Fortunately, AutoFormat can often eliminate extraneous paragraph marks for you. You can select or deselect the desired check boxes, then click OK to return to the AutoFormat dialog box. Since your aim is to remove paragraph marks as quickly as possible, just leave AutoFormat Now selected. You may also want to choose a document type to govern the kinds of formatting AutoFormat applies. If AutoFormat eliminates only some of the unwanted marks, you might try running it a second time.
Some files require two passes to get the job done.
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