Removing Paragraph Breaks in Word

I have this script that combines word files into one file. I then drop that Word file onto Quark and drag it off to the side.
The problem I’m having is that the imported text cuts off after the first paragraph and the rest of the text is overflowing.
I’m trying to figure out how to replace the paragraph break in the code with something that won’t cut off in Quark.

(Don’t say switch to InDesign, I’d really like to, but I’m having trouble convincing others)

on open of droppedfiles
	with timeout of 1500 seconds
		tell application "Microsoft Word"
			set new_document to make new document
			repeat with afile in droppedfiles
				set file_path to afile as string
				set filename to name of afile
				set paste_range to text object of new_document
				set collapsed_range to collapse range paste_range direction collapse end
				insert file file name file_path at collapsed_range
			end repeat
		end tell
	end timeout
end open

Hi there,
You mention paragraph break in your post, they didn’t seem to cause any problems for me.
I found it was page breaks that made the copy cut off in Quark.

See if this sorts it…


on open of droppedfiles
	with timeout of 1500 seconds
		tell application "Microsoft Word"
			set new_document to make new document
			repeat with afile in droppedfiles
				set file_path to afile as string
				set filename to name of afile
				set paste_range to text object of new_document
				set collapsed_range to collapse range paste_range direction collapse end
				insert file file name file_path at collapsed_range
			end repeat
			set myRange to text object of active document
			execute find find object of myRange find text "^12" replace with "" replace replace all
		end tell
	end timeout
end open