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: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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.
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