How to remove all column breaks in Word?
Removing a single column break in a Word document is straightforward, but efficiently removing all column breaks in a long document can be more challenging.
Whether you're working on a lengthy report or a complex document, knowing how to quickly remove all column breaks can save you a significant amount of time. This tutorial will guide you through several methods for removing all column breaks in a Word document:
Remove all column breaks one by one
Remove all column breaks with Find and Replace function
Remove all column breaks using VBA
Remove all column breaks with Kutools for Word
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Remove all column breaks one by one
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1. To show column break marks in the document, please click Home > Show/Hide Editing Marks as shown in the below screenshot.
2. Select the column break that you want to remove;
3. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
Hold βCtrlβ key to select all column breaks one by one, and press Delete key. But selecting column breaks one by one is arduous and painful if the document covers more than 200 pages.
Remove all column breaks with the Find and Replace
1. Click Home > Replace to enable this utility.
2. Click More>> button to show more options. sees screenshot:
3. Place the cursor in the Find What field, and select the Column Break from the Special pull-down menu.
4. There will be a β^nβ character in the Find What field, and click Replace All.
Remove all column breaks using VBA
Alternatively, you can use a macro to remove all empty lines if you are good at VBA code, and you may follow the below instructions like this:
1. Press βAlt + F11β to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window;
2. Click Module on the Insert tab, copy and paste the following VBA code into the Module window;
The VBA code of removing all column breaks:
Sub Delecolumnbreaks()
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^n"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchFuzzy = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
3. Click Run Macro on the Run tab;
Note: If the Track Changes function is enabled in the document, this VBA cannot remove all column breaks of it.
Remove all column breaks with Kutools for Word
Actually, there is a more convenient and quicker way to remove all column breaks in word. You neither take complex operations nor need to learn VBA code, after installing Kutools for Word, only one click will help you quickly remove all column breaks in the whole or selection of current document.
1. Please apply this utility by clicking Kutools > Breaks > Remove Column Breaks. See screenshot:
2. You will see all column breaks will be removed from the whole document.
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