On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:35:17 +0000 Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Important: where I wrote Ctrl Enter, that should have been Shift Enter. > I am informed that the problem was an oversized paragraph, containing Shift Enter markers rather than Enter. Rory > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:31:59 +0000 > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:52:48 +0000 > > Tommy Skoglund <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Suddenly it is impossible to write any longer in my writer-document. Why? > > > The document has been longer earlier. 150 000 word. Its a novel, and very > > > important for me to fix the document. I have tried to copy latest 24 > > > hours text mass into earlyer version, but the there still seems to be a > > > maximum length, it stops and I can't write any longer. Seems to be some > > > kind of "coding" to make that happened. I can't "neutralize" my document > > > and fix the font etc again without ruining loads of bold and italic > > > effects. So please help me asap. I also tried to duplicate document, > > > reinstall Open Office, my Mac etc. > > > > > > Regards > > > Tommy > > > > I regularly handle documents in OpenOffice of a million words and several > > thousand pages, so size is not a problem. > > > > OpenOffice cannot handle paragraphs of longer than 64K characters; this > > amounts to about 15 US Letter/A4 pages. If one marks paragraph by pressing > > Enter at the end of each paragraph that situation does not arise, but if > > one, as a habit from older word processors, marks paragraphs by Ctrl Enter, > > then one can quickly reach such a limit. Turning on /View /Non printing > > characters (a toggle command) will show paragraphs terminated by a > > backwards P character (recte: a Pilcrow); if Ctrl Enter has been used, the > > paragraph marker will be a left pointing hooked arrow. > > > > The fix is simple: on a _COPY_ of your file (in case of disaster), open > > Find and Replace. In Find box enter \n, in Replace box enter \n (different > > meanings in each box). Drop More options and select "Regular expressions". > > Press Replace all. That should fix the problem, and to prevent it > > happening in future, only mark paragraphs by pressing Enter. > > > > If that doesn't fix your file, you have the unaltered original to return to. > > > > -- > > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
