On Friday 09 February 2007 13:02, A. den Oudsten wrote: > Ray Hurst wrote: > > Thelma Sabim wrote: > >> Hello Users, > >> I managed finding & replacing some of the special characters using the > >> expression \t, \n and ^$. > >> However, no results using the expression \xXXX > >> > >> For example, I want to replace the Euro symbol with the British currency > >> symbol (Pound Sterling). > >> OOo finds \x20Ac which is the Euro symbol but it replaces with the > >> expression \x20A4 and not with the Pound Sterling symbol. > >> > >> I tried other special characters (like 1/4 replacing 1/8, TM replacing > >> R... > >> and the result was the same, the finding process located the special > >> character but the 'replacing expression' was inserted instead of the > >> symbol > >> it represents. > >> > >> Does anyone have a solution for that? Is this a bug? > >> Thank you in advance. > >> Regards, > > > > I suggest you use the Insert->Special Character function to do this. > > It takes the guess work out of it. > > Ray [...] > > My problem is that I can't insert special characters in the 'Find and > Replace' dialogue box to do this kind of things.WordPerfect was > wonderfull in this!! > > Andre den Oudsten [...]
I think there is a problem in calling these "Special characters". To me, a "special character" is something like a square root symbol that is not readily available under one's normal input method. What we are talking about here are breaks in the formatting of the text. In OOo there are no characters associated with these formatting changes. What is really required, I gather, is the ability to find them and replace with them. However, I can see lots of difficulties in defining just what is actually wanted. The breaks that one might wish to insert are (at least): tab, newline, newparagraph, newcolumn, newpage (any more?) And in each case, there are questions as to what they might mean in the replace field. For example, if a new paragraph is chosen, what style is to be chosen for the paragraph before and after the paragraph break? If a tab is chosen, does it retain the italic and bold font attributes (or language etc.), or return to the paragraph defaults. If a newpage, what page style is applied to the preceding and following pages? etc. Without discussing this in depth, I think it is difficult to identify the "natural" behaviour (should consensus exist anyway). -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
