Hello Mark, On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 11:25:12AM -0400, Mark Saul wrote: > I'm a new user of Open Office. Can anyone help me with two tasks? > Both are related to importing data into a word processing document. > > 1) Often, text comes in with a 'carriage return' (paragraph sign) at > the end of each line, which you have to get rid of. Can I do this > with search-and-replace? > > In MS-Word, you just searched for '^p' and got all the paragraph > signs, which you could delete, replace, etc. But I can't find the > corresponding command in Open Office. > Anyone?
Menu Edit - Find & Replace... Ctr + F In that dialog, press "More options" and select "Regular expressions". You may also press "Help" in order to read the Help files, in the Help page look for "List of Regular Expressions", you see the list. Now, it depends on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to remove empty paragraphs? or you simply want to find the end of each paragraph? To find empty paragraphs: ^$ To find the end of the paragraph (the paragraph break): $ > > 2) I try to import data from an open office spreadsheet into a word > processing document, simply by copying-and-pasting. But the data > pasted in comes out in graphics format, and then I can't do anything > with it. > > In MS-Word, the data came through in table format, and you could do > what you want with it. Copy in Calc and Paste Special in Writer. Paste Special is menu Edit - Paste Special Ctr + Up + V You can also press the drop-down arrow in the paste tool bar icon. Try selecting "Formatted Text [RTF]" or "HTML", see which suits you. > > Can anyone help? I thank you in advance. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina
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