Yes, I tried inserting two return characters, copying them and inserting them into the find field. the find/replace button remains dimmed and VO doesn't recognize those characters. BTW: I recently installed Nysus Writer Pro demo version and now in the services menu, instead of the option to open a new textedit document with selection, it reads "open a new Nysus doc with selection". Will simply deleting Nysus from my system return the textedit option?
On May 4, 2014, at 4:12 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Phil, > > Have you tried going back to the document from the Find window and putting in > a Return character then copying that to the clipboard and pasting it into the > Replace field? I've noticed that some of the new line characters coming from > a different source don't seem to be recognised correctly by the Mac. Often, > VO reads "Return New line" and just trying to delete one or other of the > characters does not work. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 3 May 2014, at 23:07, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Anne, >> I tried this and it does not work. I selected and copied an instance of two >> new line characters and pasted them into the find field of find and replace. >> I then pasted them into the replace field and deleted one of them. the >> characters are there, but VO does not recognize them as it only says "space" >> when I arrow across the contents of the find and replace fields. The correct >> number of characters are there, but they are not reported as new lines, just >> as "space". Then, the replace buttons are dimmed as if nothing were in the >> find and replace fields. >> It is strange that you can't search and replace new lines in pages, but you >> can do so in text edit. special characters such as tab and new line are >> often the subject of search and replace actions in any good word processor. >> Any ideas about this? >> >> On May 3, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Phil, >>> >>> If you can find a first example of what you want to change, you can >>> highlight it and copy it to the clipboard. You can then paste it into the >>> Find command. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 3 May 2014, at 21:13, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In text edit I can search for and replace such characters as new lines, by >>>> pressing option return in the find or replace field. In pages, these >>>> keystrokes don't produce new line characters. I tried looking for the new >>>> line and carriage return characters in the characters window by pressing >>>> command control space, but I couldn't find them anywhere. >>>> How can I search for new line characters in pages? I often reformat word >>>> documents by removing multiple new line characters and replacing them with >>>> only one such character so that they read better. >>>> At present, I accomplish this in text edit by searching for New line, New >>>> line and replacing it with New line and replacing all occurrences. As I >>>> said, I can't do this in pages and I'm out of answers. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
