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Maria3B
Maria3B
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February 7, 2020
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Find & replace normal line break

  • February 7, 2020
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I can't figure out what character to search to strip out extra normal paragraph returns in my illustrator file. ^p has always worked in the past in InDesign. On the pull down, it only shows the characgter for a forced line break.  I've googled high and low... the answer will be appreciated.

    解決に役立った回答 iSuat-

    Claude made a script for me https://github.com/iSuat/illustrator_paragraph_replacer

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    iSuat-解決！
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    May 26, 2025

    Claude made a script for me https://github.com/iSuat/illustrator_paragraph_replacer

    AndrewSouthard
    AndrewSouthard
    Inspiring
    May 15, 2021

    In my frustration that the Mac workaround doesn't work in Windows, I asked the Astute Graphics (plugin) community if anyone knew a way. Within a couple of days, it was coded into Vector First Aid, now I have this in my Type menu. You can also see the top of my AG toolbar, filled with goodies that make my life SO much easier. Full disclosure, I'm not an affiliate, I just love them 😉

     

      WhizzKid
      WhizzKid
      Participant
      April 9, 2024

      I have been struggling with this all morning.

      And then I find this post. 

      And I have it all sorted in about 30 seconds.

      Because I have, and absolutely LOVE the Astute plugins.

      Yet ANOTHER great reason to own them!

        AndrewSouthard
        AndrewSouthard
        Inspiring
        April 9, 2024

        WizzKid, I couldn't believe how quickly they coded it in for me. Since then, I've noticed so much else they sort out for people. If you aren't there yet, sign up to AG's Slack channel to meet an awesome group of people always ready to help; agcommunity.slack.com

        Kurt Gold
        Community Expert
        Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 29, 2021

        I just tried it with the latest version of Illustrator on Windows 10 and can confirm that it does not work there.

         

        It still works in the Mac version of Illustrator.

         

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          Bob Cal
          Participating Frequently
          January 29, 2021

          Kurt,

          Thanks so much for taking a moment of your time to look into that!

          Bob

          Kurt Gold
          Community Expert
          Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          January 29, 2021

          Bob,

           

          the way I described in my previous post still works for me in the latest version of Illustrator (25.1) on Mac OS 10.14.6.

           

          Which version of Illustrator are you using? What operating system?

           

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          Bob Cal
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          January 29, 2021

          Kurt,

          I am using 25.1 on a Windows 10 machine (Windows 10 Pro, v 10.0.19041). 
          I tried it on two different PCs, so maybe it's a PC issue?
          Can't think of what carat would represent a paragraph return.
          I'm pretty sure I had done this in years past, on both PC and Mac. So still stumped.

          For this case, I've already bitten the bullet and manually changed everything I needed to, but would be great to have this tool working.

          Bob

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            Bob Cal
            Participating Frequently
            January 29, 2021

            Hi I'm having the same issue. Nothing in the menu. I've usually done what Mr. Gold mentions (copy and paste the invisible return), but that doesn't seem to do the trick either.

              meganchi
              meganchi
              Legend
              February 7, 2020

              OK, I think I might have figured out a way. This is based on if you have two returns after a paragraph instead of one. Make sure your hidden characters are showing in your text. Now select only the paragraph symbol immediately following the end of a word, plus the extra paragraph symbols below them and copy them (you should have copied 3 paragraph symbols). Now open up your find and replace window in Illustrator, and paste that in the find field. It will appear blank. That is ok. Now in the Replace With field type a space, then type "^n^n" without the quotation marks. Click Find, then "Replace All".

                Kurt Gold
                Community Expert
                Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                February 7, 2020

                In Illustrator you'd have to take a roundabout way.

                 

                - Enter the text object with the text cursor.

                - Go to the end of a line and select the paragraph break by Shift + Right Arrow key.

                - Copy and paste into the Find field in the Find an Replace dialog.

                - Click the Find button and replace (all) with your desired character (or with nothing).

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