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
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