Copy/paste paragraph returns in Illustrator

Hello. I'm having a problem in Illustrator. I copy and paste text from a pdf into illustrator and each line has a paragraph return. In Indesign, this wouldn't be a problem. I would just find and replace paragraph returns with spaces. But in illustrator, I can't select the return. Is there a reason for this and a way around it? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Ken

You can only find and replace soft return (they call them forced line breaks) using find and replace. Yet another item requested for many years that the Illustrator upgrade team ignores.
JET wrote a script that replaces hard returns with pipe characters (just change that to a space before applying the script).
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3440474#3440474
Other option is to copy and paste in a text editor. For ingredients copy in for example packaging design, it is worth the hassle to get your copy correct.

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animator_geek wrote:
> I'm having a lot of trouble copying artwork from Flash
into other vector-based
> programs. It seems like what's happening is that it's
dropping a bunch of
> vertices and/or only transfering straight lines instead
of curves. For
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> I'm sure you can see, it completely drops the dark line
at one end (which is
> technically a shape, not a line), and it mangles the
shape of the main piece.
>
> I'm using Flash 8 and Illustrator CS but I'm pretty sure
it's a problem in
> Flash. I have the same problem when I copy from Flash 8
into Flash MX 2004. I
> _don't_ have this problem, though, when copying from MX
2004 to other programs.
>
> Here are the settings from Flash 8's Clipboard
preferences panel (though I
> don't think any of these should have any bearing on this
problem):
>
> Color Depth: Match Screen
> Resolution: 300 dpi
> Size Limit: 1000Kb
> "Smooth" is checked
> Gradient Quality: Normal
> Freehand text: maintain as blocks
>
>

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