Go to theHometab and, in theParagraphgroup, selectShow/Hide.

Or, pressCtrl+*(orCtrl+Shift+8).

In Word for Mac, go to theHometab and selectShow all nonprinting characters.

Word with the Show All button highlighted

All section breaks become visible in the document.

Place the cursor to the left of break you want to remove, then pressDelete.

SelectShow/Hideto hide the section breaks.

A Word document with a section break highlighted

Go to theHometab and, in theEditinggroup, selectReplace.

Or, pressCtrl+Hto initiate the Find and Replace dialog box.

In Word for Mac, use theSearchbox in the upper-right corner of the document.

Screenshot of Find and Replace dialog

In theFind whattext box, enter^p^p(the letter pmust be lower case).

In Word for Mac, go to theSearchbox and enter^p^p.

In theReplace withtext box, enter^p.

Screenshot of ^p^p in Find What box in Word

In Word for Mac, pick the magnifying glass, then selectReplace.

In theReplace Withtext box, enter^p.

Or, to view the breaks before deleting them, selectFind Next.

Screenshot of ^p in Replace With box in Word

This replaces two paragraph breaks with one.

you’re free to specify other options, depending on the number of paragraph breaks between paragraphs.

you’re free to also replace a paragraph break with another character.

Screenshot of ^l in Find What box in Word

That’s because there are different types of breaks in HTML files.

In theFind and Replacedialog box, go to theFind whattext box and enter^l(the lowercase letter L).

In Word for Mac, go to theSearchbox and enter^l.

Screenshot of ^p in the Replace With box.

In theReplace Withtext box, enter^p.

In Word for Mac, grab the magnifying glass, and then selectReplace.

In theReplace Withtext box, enter^p.

To view the breaks before deleting them, selectFind Next.