2009/9/21 James Greenidge <[email protected]>: > Lars Nooden wrote: >>> >>> Each line of the list starts with a tab - I want to get rid of the tabs. >>> How can I use Search & Replace to do this? >> >> One way to do that would be using regular expressions: >> >> Edit-> Find&Replace->More Options->Regular Expressions: >> Search for: \t >> Replace with: >> >> Note, that is a backslash (\) directly before the t and >> not a forward slash (/) >> >> More on regular expression pattern matching: >> >> http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/regex.htm >> >> http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/regular_expressions.html >> >> http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ >> >> regards, >> -Lars >> > > Isn't there a plain English short-cut add-on out there that will do these > kinds of things via a menu of options and operations?
You could write one in OpenOffice.org Basic. Or someone else could. Or maybe someone already did. J.R. > > JimWG > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
