Normalise a Manuscript in 4 Easy Steps

Copy and paste these instructions into the Find and Replace function within Microsoft Word. Replace All can be used for every operation except for the last two.

FINDREPLACEWILDCARDACTION
[^s^t^32]{1,}^32YesSingle and consistent spacing
^32{1,}(^13)\1YesNo trailing spaces at end of paragraph
(^13)^32{1,}([!^13])\1\2YesNo leading spaces at the beginning of a paragraph
(^13){2,}\1YesRemoves empty lines
[!.\!\?””;,…—\*^12](^13)YesParagraphs ending without punctuation
[.\!\?””;,][!^32^13^12””]YesStuck sentences and other oddities

Normalise a Manuscript in 4 Easy Steps is available on Google Drive.

CC BY-SA 4.0 Normalise a Manuscript in 4 Easy Steps by Evelyn Chartres is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.



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