https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92860
Bug ID: 92860 Summary: Better search and replace Product: LibreOffice Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: LibreOffice Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: d_godda...@missouricom.com When doing academic or technical work it is necessary to quote from various sources. Many publications require that a specific font and format be used. This requires the use of "paste without formatting" be an option. having the: -- edit menu achieved witha right click -- to offer this under Paste Special would greatly improve efficiency. :Find" as well as "find & replace" need to be able to search for formatting. When quoting various sources that are formatted differently than the required format it is necessary to strip out formatting that violates the standard and replace it with the accepted standard. For instance If the required format must end every sentence with a (period or question mark or and exclamation point) followed by two spaces, then 3 search and replace cycles searching for ". or ? or !" followed by a space can then be replaced with the same followed by two spaces. Also when the source is recorded with ascii text in which paragraphs are indented wit a seriws of 5 spaces and no blank line between paragraphs, then searching for a line return followed by 5 spaces can be searched for and replaced with 2 line returns and an indent command. This results in a more powerful searchand replace tool such as microsoft's word processors have offered for more than a decade. The feature is also useful when reformatting text that will be transferred between a word processor and spreadsheet or vice-versa or other venues that do not use the same formatting techniques. It can also be used to change variable names in what will be source code etc. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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