Merge multiple text boxes (2002 (XP) & 2003)

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When I scan a document with multiple columns directly into Word the text is broken up in to individual text boxes, mostly one box per paragraph but sometimes two or three paragraphs in a single box.

I would like to get all the text out of the boxes and back to the original columnised (or should that be

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In the thread starting at post 481696, selecting the entire document (Ctrl+A) and applying Normal style helped, and pressing Ctrl+Q would probably have helped too. Does that work for you (try it out on a copy of the scanned document)?

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Thanks, Hans. I did a search on “merge text box” so missed this.

Obviously the rumour of you having 3 brains and ?many? arms is true, allowing to you remember every post!

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Hi Hans,

FYI, and anyone else who refers to this thread, this sort of works but a better option is the Crtl+A and change the Style to “Normal” as suggested later in the original thread. In the page I tested we changed the text back to

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