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Re: Detecting and Deleting Duplicate Paragraphs
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Hamid Haji <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:31:25 +0000
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On 3 Jan 2013, at 14:41, George Maschke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have a long list of IP addresses that are alphabetically sorted in ascending order. Each IP address is on a separate line (or in a separate paragraph). What I'd like to do is identify duplicate paragraphs and in each case, delete both instances.
> 
> Can anyone think of a handy way to do this via PowerFind or with a macro?

You can use Kino's Check for Duplicate Paragraphs, which you can download from:

http://www2.odn.ne.jp/alt-quinon/files/NWPro/edit/

After the macro is run, all duplicate paragraphs will remain selected.
(Pressing Delete will delete the selections)

Hamid

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