How do I fix text from a PDF that has become a paragraph for every line?

When opening a PDF in Illustrator, the text gets all messed up. Every line becomes its own paragraph, making it very difficult to edit because I have to edit every single line individually. Is there a way to get these to all become one paragraph again like it was in the original file? (P.s The original was created in illy, converted to a PDF, and now being worked on in illy again.) I am working in CS6.

Method 1
copy the text in acrobat
open pdf in illy, delete all point text excetp one, paste text over this
Method 2
install join text frames script
http://vectips.com/tricks/10-free-and-extremely-useful-illustrator-scripts/
gave you 2 solutions, casue have not done this for awhile, and forgot waht was nto perfect about the script.

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