Cleaning Active Word Document

The following functions are used to remove empty para, section breaks, page breaks, column breaks and unnecessaty spaces

        public void document_cleanup() {
            remove_empty_para();
            
            //remove bold para
            int pCount = prow.WrdApp.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count;
            for (int i = 1; i <= pCount; i++) {
                prow.WrdApp.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs[i].Range.Select();
                if (prow.WrdApp.Selection.Font.Bold == -1) {
                    prow.WrdApp.Selection.Font.Bold = 0;
                }
            }
            //remove italic para
            for (int i = 1; i <= pCount; i++)
            {
                prow.WrdApp.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs[i].Range.Select();
                if (prow.WrdApp.Selection.Font.Italic == -1)
                {
                    prow.WrdApp.Selection.Font.Italic = 0;
                }
            }
        }

public void remove_empty_para()
        {

            //empty_para_remove
            object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;            
            foreach(Word.Paragraph  ap in prow.WrdApp.ActiveDocument.Paragraphs){
                if (ap.Range.Text == "\r" || ap.Range.Text == " \r" || ap.Range.Text == "  \r"  || ap.Range.Text == "\t\r")
                {
            ap.Range.Select();
            ap.Range.Delete(ref missing, ref missing);
             }
            }

            //section breaks
            w_replace("^b", "^p");

            //page breaks
            w_replace("^m", "^p");

            //column breaks
            w_replace("^n", "^p");

            //space ^p
            w_replace(" ^p", "^p");
            w_replace("  ^p", "^p");
            w_replace("   ^p", "^p");
            w_replace("    ^p", "^p");
            
            //prabu
            w_replace("^p^p", "^p");
            w_replace("^p^p^p", "^p");
            w_replace("^p^p^p^p", "^p");

        
        }

        public void w_replace(string sourceTxt, string desTxt) {

            object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            object findtext = "";
            object matchcase = false;
            object matchwholeword = false;
            object matchwildcards = false;
            object soundslike = false;
            object matchwordforms = false;
            object forward = true;
            object wrap = Word.WdFindWrap.wdFindContinue;
            object format = true;
            object replacewith = missing;
            object replace = true;
            object replaceAll = Word.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll;
            object matchkashida = false;
            object matchdiacritics = false;
            object alehamza = false;
            object matchcontrol = false;
            object wUnit = Word.WdUnits.wdStory;
            object pUnit = Word.WdUnits.wdWord;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.HomeKey(ref wUnit, ref missing);
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.ClearFormatting();
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting();
            findtext = sourceTxt;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Bold = 0;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Italic = 0;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Superscript = 0;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Subscript = 0;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Replacement.Text = desTxt;
            prow.WrdApp.Selection.Find.Execute(ref findtext, ref matchcase, ref matchwholeword, ref matchwildcards, ref soundslike, ref matchwordforms, ref forward, ref wrap, ref format, ref replacewith, ref replaceAll, ref matchkashida, ref matchdiacritics, ref alehamza, ref matchcontrol);


        }