Delete AutoFormatting in Pages

I downloaded a plain text file from the web, and need to delete all of the extra invisibles in the text (e.g. paragraph breaks mid-sentence).
In MS Word there is a way to delete the auto-formatting (I think), so I am curious if there is a way to do this in pages?
I am wondering if the only alternative is to just...do it in word? Thanks.

You can do it in Pages with find and replace but it will be a multi-step process.
1. You search for the returns and replace them with a marker such as ##
2. Then you search on #### (the double return between paragraphs) and replace them with a return
3. Search on the remaining ## and replace with a space.
Same with most of the other bad formatting.
However theer are applications such as TextSoap that will do this for you in one go. Or you can use the free WordServices which once installed is available to you under all application menus in the Services submenu or via the *Contextual Menu* you get by right clicking on text.
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