2009/9/21 Lars Nooden <[email protected]>: > James Greenidge wrote: > >> 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? > > Attempt at Plain English: > > \t is tab, but first check the box for regular expressions under More > Options. > > Longer digression: > > Regex is available via the regular menus: > > Edit-> > Find&Replace-> > More Options-> > Regular Expressions: > Search for: \t > > The difference between that an a 'normal' find & replace is only one of > checking the box next to the option for regular expressions. > > Regular expressions are ubiquitous and standardized. There are two > variants, POSIX and Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (pcre). You > will find these *everywhere* once you know what to look for. So this is > a case of OOo merely following industry standard. > > There are extensions which give alternative interfaces for the > Find&Replace menu, but you'll have to explore on your own among the > extensions: > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AltSearch
Doesn't work with OpenOffice.org 3.1.1. I'm not the only one that noticed this. Maybe that will be fixed, though. J.R. > > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project > > Regards, > /Lars > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
