Hi :) The \n doesn't seem to work in Writer 3.3.2. But there has to be something like that, some mark to show a hard-carriage return. Knowing what it is would make this easier! Regards from Tom :)
--- On Mon, 28/11/11, Mirosław Zalewski <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mirosław Zalewski <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] deleting hard returns > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 28 November, 2011, 10:21 > On 28/11/2011 at 03:32, poemblaze > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Help! I am wanting to delete hard returns that were > placed at the end of > > every line of a large document. All I've seen is how > to delete a paragraph > > (hard) return in a blank paragraph. > > If by "hard return" you mean Shift+Enter, it's pretty > easy: > 1. Open find and replace dialog (by default it is > Ctrl+Alt+F in LO 3.4). > 2. In "More options" check "Regular expressions". > 3. Search for "\n" (backslash and n). > 4. Click "Replace all" (don't enter any replacement > string). > > That's it. All hard returns disappear. > > > I'd also like to convert hard returns > > to soft returns in a couple places. That is the > opposite action of what > > I've seen explained elsewhere. > > With "Regular expression" you can search for "\n" and > replace it with "\n" > (backslash n again). This will convert hard return to soft > return > (if I understand these words correctly). > > The tricky part is to tell LO which hard returns you want > to delete and which > converted to soft return. I can think of one way: > at beginning of line after hard return you want converted > to soft return, > place some character, like "ß" (German scharfes S - if > your document isn't in > German, it's unlikely that you have it anywhere in it), and > then search for > "\nß" and replace it with "\n". Now search for "\n" and > replace it with > nothing in order to delete unwanted hard returns. > > HTH. > -- > Best regards > Mirosław Zalewski > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived > and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
