[libreoffice-users] Table background colours in 5.3

2017-08-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Just adding this in case another user has come across this situation. In LO 5.3.3 Writer I found I could not change the palette or edit any colours in Table>Properties>Background. The only choices were from a set palette (later found to be named named standard.soc) Some searching and it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

2017-08-23 Thread jonathon
On 08/22/2017 11:19 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote: > you must use the AltSearch extension I was under the impression that the built-in Search and Replace function had finally caught up with the Alt-Search extension such that installing the latter would duplicate existing functionality. Having tried

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

2017-08-23 Thread Remy Gauthier
Hi, Not 100% sure I understand what you mean. Using AltSearch, this is easily done. Using Search in Writer, it is a bit more tricky because searching "\n" looks for end of line (Shift Return), while in the replacement portion, it substitutes for end of paragraph (Return) (at least this is what my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

2017-08-23 Thread Tim-L--Elmira-NY
The Kompozer for Windows seems to be newer. My problems using Wine comes down to not figuring out how to setup and run Wine properly. Does anyone like Komodo Edit? It actually installed [via the Terminal sh command], so it does option up. On 08/23/2017 04:46 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

2017-08-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 24/08/17 08:24, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: Yes, I really miss Kompozer. I have installed Bluefish and Bluegriffon. For Quanta - I get a listing for "ubuntu-wallpaper-quantal" so it is either a typo or not in Ubuntu 16.04. I just downloaded SeaMonkey from the updated "project".  So I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

2017-08-23 Thread Tim-L--Elmira-NY
Yes, I really miss Kompozer. I have installed Bluefish and Bluegriffon. For Quanta - I get a listing for "ubuntu-wallpaper-quantal" so it is either a typo or not in Ubuntu 16.04. I just downloaded SeaMonkey from the updated "project". So I will see how it looks/feels. The documentation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

2017-08-23 Thread Tim-L--Elmira-NY
Can you replace the "\n" with a specific text and then have the "\n"? That would save a bunch of work on a project. I do not want to create a utility to do something like that. On 08/22/2017 07:19 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote: Hello, You can substitute any string of characters for a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

2017-08-23 Thread Philip Jackson
On 23/08/17 01:19, Remy Gauthier wrote: > AltSearch extension available from https://extensions.libreoffice.org/e > xtensions/alternative-dialog-find-replace-for-writer. This will allow > you to perform all sorts of substitutions of that nature fairly easily. > > I hope this helps. > Thanks for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

2017-08-23 Thread Bo Siltberg
Actually, it is possible by using the extension "alternative searching". I got version 1.4.2 installed. Tools -> Extension manager... -> Get more extensions online Just insert \p in the replace field for a paragraph break or \n for a line break. This extension is also good for searching for