Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-17 Thread Jason
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 03:49:47PM +1200, Steve Edmonds composed: > If there are multiple line breaks between your sections you can get what > you want in 3 passes. > Replace $$ with *-* say (assuming *-* isn't in your text). > Replace $ with "" globally. > Replace *-* with \n > > There is bound

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 17/04/2020 15:04, Jason wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 02:58:12AM +0100, Brian Barker composed: >> At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: >>> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? >> Text reflows automatically. >> >>> Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of eac

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Jason
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 02:58:12AM +0100, Brian Barker composed: > At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: > > Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? > > Text reflows automatically. > > > Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to > > reflow all the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Jason
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 01:20:55PM +1200, Steve Edmonds composed: > > > On 17/04/2020 13:19, Steve Edmonds wrote: > > Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. > > steve > 27 March Sorry, I had should have thoroughly read that thread before asking the question. Search for $ and rep

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Text reflows automatically. Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to reflow all the paragraphs. You mean that you want to *join* existing paragraphs, so that the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 17/04/2020 13:19, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. > steve 27 March > > On 17/04/2020 12:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? >> Yes. >> >>> Say I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. steve On 17/04/2020 12:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? > Yes. > >> Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to >> re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Yes. > Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to > reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and > replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not

[libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

2020-04-16 Thread Jason
Hi, Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? Thanks, -- Jason -- To unsubscri