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When copying text from Word to a mail in TB I get an extra empty line between each line, how do I avoid this? I want to keep the formatted text created in Word

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tervterv
tervterv

The same extra empty lines occurs when writing text in a Thunderbird mail unless Shift Return is used instead of normally just Return. I looking for a solution that removes the extra empty lines in both cases.

The same extra empty lines occurs when writing text in a Thunderbird mail unless Shift Return is used instead of normally just Return. I looking for a solution that removes the extra empty lines in both cases.

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Zenos
Zenos

It sounds like you press return at the end of each line, rather than just letting it flow and wrap automatically.

We discourage the practice of copy-and-paste from word processors because of the unpredictable behaviour, and the sheer bulk of hidden and useless formatting code.

Send yourself a message composed as you describe, and use ctrl+u to see its raw source. You'll be hard pressed to find your message text in among all the futile mso formatting bumf.

Have you changed the setting at Tools|Options|Composition|General? Try clearing the checkbox "Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default". This will prevent the insertion of some of those blank lines.

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