Space is a printed character with which words in the text are separated from each other. It is customary to put one space between two words. If you remove it, the text will become unreadable, however, it is quite easy to make the text without spaces or reduce the number of spaces between words. The described principle of action is suitable for most text editors, the differences are not too significant.
Instructions
Step 1
To clearly see the spaces in the text (rather than the blank space between words), switch to displaying paragraph marks and other hidden formatting characters. To do this, on the "Home" tab, click the "¶" icon in the "Paragraph" section. The symbols that appear are not visible when the document is printed; they serve only to facilitate orientation in the text. A space character looks like a dot in the center of a line.
Step 2
There are several ways to remove all spaces from text. Place the cursor in front of the new word and press the BacSpase key - this will remove one printable character (space) to the left of the new word. Place the cursor at the end of the word and press the Delete key - the typed character located to the right of the cursor will be erased. But it is very often inconvenient to edit the text one by one. To remove several spaces at once in the honor of the text, select them with the mouse while holding down the Ctrl key, then press the BackSpase key.
Step 3
To make all text without spaces in one operation, use the replace function. On the "Home" tab, select the "Editing" section, click the "Replace" button. In the dialog box that opens, on the "Replace" tab, enter a space character in the first empty "Find" field (no visible characters will appear, but the cursor will move one character to the right). Leave the second field "Replace with" free. The "Replace" button searches for and replaces one printed character, allowing you to control the replacement process. The "Replace All" button allows you to delete all spaces found in the text at once.
Step 4
If letter spacing appears as spaces in plain text, it is possible that the spacing is spacing. To return to simple familiar spacing, select the text (or part of the text) and go to the "Home" tab. In the Font section, click the arrow button to bring up a dialog box. In the window that opens, go to the "Interval" tab and use the drop-down list to set the values you need.
Step 5
To find out the number of printable characters without spaces, it is not necessary to remove all spaces in the text. Call up the statistics window, which provides summary information about the text. Go to the Review tab and click the Statistics button in the Spelling section. The button looks like a set of letters and numbers (ABC / 123). The third line will indicate the number of printable characters without spaces.
