2009/11/17 Hall, Ray <[email protected]> > If I were a programmer and had anything to do with Open Office, I would be > embarrassed at having a mailing list that won't let you get off it!!! Surly > there is someone in your group that has that ability????? > > a) What has your question (above) got to do with the rest of the conversation (below) in which you asked it?
b) The address from which you sent the above message ( [email protected]) is *not* subscribed to this list and so should not be getting messages from it. Perhaps you are getting messages from some other list and are merely a little confused. c) Many of us (most?) are not programmers. Nor do many (most, almost certainly) have anything "to do with" OpenOffice. We are simply users who volunteer time to help others. The administration of the list is outside our control. > -----Original Message----- > From: JOE Conner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] Bilingual file with hidden text-How to replace all > hidden with "" (i.e. nothing) > > Alex Zachopoulos wrote: > > I have this bilingual .doc from Trados (Computer Assisted Translation > tool) > > which contains a segmented text in two languages: the source and target > > languages. Now, before I send it to the client, I need to find all the > > hidden segments, which are put between tags and have been formatted as > > Hidden in Word/Trados. > > > > To explain it a bit better: if I go to View > Nonprinting Characters and > > deselect the option, this is what I see in my text window: > > > > HTPC BULLETIN October 2009 ISSUE Νo 22 > > * > > * > > *But if I go to View > Nonprinting Characters and select it, then I get > all > > this: > > > > {0>ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΤΙΚΟ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΕΤΤ ● Οκτώβριος 2009 ● ΤΕΥΧΟΣ Νο 22<}95{>HTPC > > BULLETIN October 2009 ISSUE Νo 22<0} > > > > All the extra text which you see in the 2nd sample (but not in the 1st) > have > > been designated as "Hidden". > > > > Here's what I need to do: to select ALL text throughout my document which > > has been marked as Hidden, and replace it with ... nothing. To delete it. > To > > end up with a 'clean' document in just the target language. > > > > In M$ Word I was told to do the following, which worked: Invoke the > Search > > and Replace dialog by pressing CTRL+H, then put my cursor in the Search > box > > but leave it empty, and just press CTRL+SHIFT+H, which will instruct Word > to > > find everything that's HIDDEN. Then, with the Replace field also empty, > > click on OK. This does delete all hidden text (i.e. it replaces it with > > nothing), leaving a clean, target language file behind. > > > > > > The problem: I can't for the life of me figure out how to select text > that's > > hidden in OpenOffice. I seem to remember something like Regular > Expressions > > (or something to this effect), which basically allows you to select, say > > Carriage Returns and other special characters, but nothing that I've > tried > > has helped me select all text hidden. > > > > And to manually find it and delete it is just out of the question. So, > what > > you say guys, give a little help? Surely OOo can do it! > > > > Many thanks, as always. > One suggestion, try printing to a text file, then using that as your > translator input. > > Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA > > -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
