Remove hard line breaks
Turn hard-wrapped copied text back into continuous paragraphs.
How to use the Remove hard line breaks
What does the Remove hard line breaks do?
Join unwanted single line breaks from PDFs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs; It applies this page-specific rule: single newlines inside a block are replaced with spaces.
Which inputs does this tool use?
To join unwanted single line breaks from pdfs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs, enter Input text, Output; keep every value in the same example; select Process text when the values are ready; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - Optional hyphen repair joins a hyphen followed by a newline when the next visible character is lowercase - so the expected result can confirm the settings.
How should the tool result be read?
For a result intended to join unwanted single line breaks from pdfs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs, optional hyphen repair joins a hyphen followed by a newline when the next visible character is lowercase; read output together with the original input text rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.
Will paragraph breaks remain?
When the goal is to join unwanted single line breaks from pdfs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs, yes.
What does hyphen repair do?
When using the page to join unwanted single line breaks from pdfs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs, it changes a pattern such as trans- followed by a newline and port into transport when the continuation begins with lowercase text.
Limits and accuracy
When using this tool to join unwanted single line breaks from pdfs, email and narrow columns while preserving paragraphs, review the result when processing poetry, postal addresses, code or manually formatted lists; check the result in its intended destination before relying on it for important work; keep input text until the output has been checked in its intended destination.
How remove hard line breaks works
Single newlines inside a block are replaced with spaces. Two or more newlines remain a paragraph boundary, so separate blocks do not become one wall of text.
Optional hyphen repair joins a hyphen followed by a newline when the next visible character is lowercase. This helps with words split by PDF layout, but it can also remove intentional compound-word hyphens.
Review the result when processing poetry, postal addresses, code or manually formatted lists. In those formats, a single newline may be meaningful rather than unwanted wrapping.
Frequently asked questions
Will paragraph breaks remain?
Yes. Blank-line boundaries are preserved; only single breaks within those blocks are joined.
What does hyphen repair do?
It changes a pattern such as trans- followed by a newline and port into transport when the continuation begins with lowercase text.
Is it safe for lists and code?
Usually not. Lists and code often use single newlines structurally, so check the output or process only prose sections.