Microsoft Word Expert Needed to Repair Scrivener-to-Word Manuscript Formatting (54,000-Word Novel)

I’m looking for an experienced Microsoft Word formatting specialist to repair formatting issues in my 54,000-word contemporary romance novel. This is NOT a book layout, print formatting, or ebook formatting job. The manuscript was written in Scrivener and exported to Microsoft Word. During the export process, formatting issues were introduced that are interfering with professional editing. My professional editor has already spent several hours trying to fix the document manually but determined that the formatting needs to be professionally cleaned before editing can continue. Problems that need to be fixed The document contains formatting issues such as: * Hard paragraph returns where they shouldn’t exist * Forced line breaks within paragraphs * Incorrect paragraph spacing * Hidden or corrupted formatting * Capitalization errors caused by forced paragraph breaks * Punctuation inconsistencies created by formatting * General Microsoft Word formatting issues throughout the manuscript What I need I need someone to professionally clean the manuscript while preserving every word exactly as written. Please: * Remove unnecessary paragraph and line breaks * Normalize paragraph formatting throughout the manuscript * Preserve italics, bold text, chapter headings, and scene breaks * Remove hidden or corrupted formatting * Ensure Microsoft Word Track Changes works properly * Deliver a clean, editor-friendly Word document Formatting Requirements Please format the manuscript using standard publishing manuscript guidelines: * Font: Times New Roman * Font Size: 12 pt * Double-spaced * Left aligned (not justified) * First-line paragraph indent: 0.5 inches * 1-inch margins * No extra spacing before or after paragraphs * Chapter titles centered * Page break before each chapter * Continuous page numbering * Consistent formatting throughout * No manual line breaks inside paragraphs Deliverables * Clean Microsoft Word (.docx) * All text preserved exactly * Ready for professional editing * Fully compatible with Microsoft Word Track Changes * No print layout, ebook formatting, or typesetting Preferred Experience Please apply only if you have experience with: * Microsoft Word document repair * Novel/manuscript formatting * Scrivener exports (preferred) * Repairing corrupted or improperly formatted Word documents. In your proposal, please answer these questions: 1. Have you repaired Scrivener-to-Word formatting issues before? 2. What caused the issue? 3. How would you approach fixing my manuscript? 4. Approximately how many book manuscripts have you worked on?