This is for an obscure set of readers, I’m sure. But if you ever need to remove the page breaks from a RTF (rich text format) file, here’s how to do it:

1. Open the RTF file in NotePad (I use NotePad++, which is an absolute must have replacement for anybody doing web dev)
2. Search for “pagebb\” and replace with nothing (empty string)

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If you’re still using the ancient Notepad application that comes with Windows or TextEdit for Mac, take 5 minutes and get yourself something that will make smile every time you have to edit a raw text file. On the Windows side, there is a pretty clear winner: Notepad++. Get it here at SourceForge. On the Mac side, I find TextWrangler 2 by BareBones software to work quite well.

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