Carriage returns in RTF export

Hello, one of my clients is complaining that RTF output has carriage returns at the end of each line, making him unable to copy and paste the text somewhere else and continue to work with it further. Can this be turned off and what options are available here? Thanks.
Here's sample output. This was a free-flowing paragraph in the database.
All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of
Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be
removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.
\cf1\i All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of \par\pard\sl-231\i0\cf0\tx637 \cf1\i Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate \par\pard\sl-231\i0\cf0\tx637 \cf1\i discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall be \par\pard\sl-231\i0\cf0\tx637 \cf1\i removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.
I am using CR 2008 SP3 to troubleshoot this issue.
Please take a look at this file: http://software1.legistar.com/RTFProblem.zip - It contains the .rpt file with data, the problematic .rtf file with hard returns at the end of each line, and a screenshot of the problem.
A large project hinges on this one issue. Please help. Thanks.

This is something CR does to try to keep the report visually similar between formats. I don't know of any setting in CR that will alter this behavior.
The 2 options are...
1) Export as a .csv file. csv is a machine readable format that doesn't have any visual formatting.
2) Remove the carriage returns and line feeds from MS Word. The find & replace (Ctrl + h) can be used. In the "Find what:" window, enter ^p and leave the "Replace with:" blank. This will remove all of the CR & LFs.
HTH,
Jason

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<SAMPLE>123
345
567</SAMPLE>
Your response is appreciated.

111 <?xdoxslt:chr(10)?>2222will give you the new line character,
in-between 111 and 2222 there will be in new line.
http://winrichman.blogspot.com/search/label/BIP%20xsl%20extended%20function
But you need latest version for this :)
if am not wrong, this function was introduced above 10.1.3.3.+
latest BIP EBS version should have this extended function too.

RTF text with background colour - formatting lost in editable RTF export

Hi
I have designed a report in CR2008 using XSD datasource.
I have a field which returns a RTF text. The text comes out correctly when I run the report.
Scenario:
1.Background colour (eg Yellow) has been applied to the field
2.RTF text contains paragraph breaks
Result
The background appears for each paragraph and where there a para break, there is white space. In other words, I want the background colour to appear for the entire field. Right now, it appears odd because I have white spaces between each paragraph with the background colour for each paragraph
Example:
Text is as below (with RTF coding)
In a bad mood? Don't worry according to research, it's good for you.
An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly.
In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision making and less gullible, his experiments showed.
While cheerfulness fosters creativity, gloominess breeds attentiveness and careful thinking, Professor Joe Forgas told Australian Science Magazine.
My export type is Editable RTF. The background colour is maintained when you choose Word for Windows option or PDF (but this is not what I want to use in the report). Can the background be maintained for Editable RTF? Is there a work around for this problem?
Thanks

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