On 03/23/2012 12:59 PM, Doug wrote: > Interesting problem: An email text is received which you need to > format for publication. The email uses a carriage return at the end > of each line, and a double carriage return for paragraph spacing. > What I'd like to do is remove the cr's at the end of each line, so > the text can be justified, and turn the double cr's into paragraph > controls, or just leave as double cr's. Obviously all this can be > done a line at a time by hand, but it's a pain. Is there any way > someone can suggest to automate this? > > Thanx--doug
You might find this helpful: <http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/AltSearch> Help file (the same one that's included with the extension): http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/HelpAltSearch_en.html When you open the extension, you can click on 'Regular/Extended/Properties' and you'll be presented with basic choices. Example: 'Search for: Regular' ... Series of empty paragraphs ^$\p* ... Manual line break /n ... Click the one(s) you want to search on. Click on the box next to 'Replace:' and you'll be presented with common choices. There is also a batch mode where you can edit & save the search/replace parameters. See 'Batch mode using: [ Batch >> ]' in the help file. -- 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
