I hit the classic Writer issue: want to turn hard paragraph breaks
(Enter/¶) into soft line breaks (Shift+Enter/↵). Ctrl+H/regex looks like
it should work, but in practice it is inconsistent, and a global replace
can also mess with headers/footers.
If you prefer a transparent solution over an extension, here is a small
LibreOffice Basic macro that works on the current selection only, and
walks backwards so it does not skip paragraphs:
+++ CODE
Sub ParagraphsToLineBreaks
Dim oDoc As Object, oSel As Object, oRng As Object
Dim oText As Object, oEnum As Object
Dim aEnds() As Object
Dim n As Long, i As Long
Dim oPara As Object, c As Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
oSel = oDoc.getCurrentController().getSelection()
If oSel.getCount() = 0 Then Exit Sub
oRng = oSel.getByIndex(0)
oText = oRng.getText()
oEnum = oRng.createEnumeration()
n = 0
While oEnum.hasMoreElements()
oPara = oEnum.nextElement()
ReDim Preserve aEnds(n)
aEnds(n) = oPara.End
n = n + 1
Wend
For i = n - 2 To 0 Step -1
c = oText.createTextCursorByRange(aEnds(i))
On Error Resume Next
c.goRight(1, True) ' select ¶
If Err = 0 Then
c.String = Chr(10) ' replace with ↵
End If
Err = 0
On Error GoTo 0
Next i
End Sub
+++ END OF CODE
Usage: select only the body text you want to convert (or copy selection
into a new doc first), then run the macro. Non-printing chars: Ctrl+F10
(¶ vs ↵).
Full note/explanation:
https://lab.vanderworp.org/notes/writer-replace-paragraph-with-line-break/
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