On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 05:21 -0400, Richard Detwiler wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > > On Fri August 18 2006 20:08, + Quintin Riis wrote: > > > >> I have some files from gamefaqs.com, plaintext files... I want to shrink > >> the font size, then remove the hard newlines that are present in the file > >> so it is smaller when I print. Is there an easy way to do this in > >> openoffice? note that only certain sections of text need this done to them. > >> > > > > Hi, > > You can do this very easily by using a feature in the Find&Replace dialog > > called "regular expressions". Have a look in the online help for examples > > of > > exactly what you are requesting. > > > > Please reply to [email protected] only > > > > > Some people like CPH find regular expressions "very easy" to use, others > like me are challenged by them. > > An alternative way to using regular expressions to "fix" the linebreaks > that you want to get rid of is the following (which my simple mind does > find "very easy"): > > Format the lines that you want to "fix" in the Default paragraph format. > Select the lines you want fixed. Then select: Format > Autoformat > > Apply. That should remove the hard line breaks. Works for me anyway. >
Perhaps the simplest way to do this is to use the method in the FAQS. See http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/016.html -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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