Lionel B Dyck wrote: >>>How can I do in Writer what I have done in MS Word? Specifically when I >>>import a text file I like to replace single paragraph marks with a >>>single blank. >>> >> This is FAQ item >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/016.html and it >> is covered in more detail in the manuals. See >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ While not specifically for >> 2.0 the printed user guide is still pretty much valid, if you like hard >> copy. > > Thank you - this helps. Now I have to figure out how to do this. > >From your OP, you want to remove empty lines. In OOo you may accomplish that task in two ways:
a) Using Find&Replace with Regular Expessions (don't forget to check that box) Find: "^$" (without quotes). This means a paragraph end ($) just behind a paragraph start (^). If both are together the line is empty Replace: leave blank b) Using AutoCorrect/AutoFormat In menu Tools>Autocorrect, panel "Options" Ensure the box "remove blank lines" is checked In addition, the option "combine single line paragraphs if lenght greater than X%" is quite useful to convert multiple lines with hard returns into a sigle paragraph. Quite handy to reformat things like e-mail mesasges or other raw texts To actually perform the re-formatting, go to Format>AutoFormat>apply and all the options selected in Tools>autocorrect will be executed at once. Enrique --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
