On 02/08/07, Peter Horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi - I could use some assistance figuring out how to do a couple of > things in Writer. > > 1) I'd like to be able to disable or deactivate all of the hyperlinks in > a given document - that is, I'd like them still to look like hyperlinks, > but I don't want them to function as hyperlinks.
Not sure about this; hopefully someone else knows and will reply 2) I'd like to be able to remove from a document all strings resembling > "**123" or "**1234" where "*" is an actual star symbol, and where "1234" > represent any digits. These strings are a type of legal citation that I > want to get rid of. In the Find&Replace dialogue, click More Options and check the Regular Expressions box In the "Find" box enter "\*\*[:digit:]+" (without the quotes) so: backslash, star, backslash, star, open_square_bracket, colon, the word "digit", colon, close_square_bracket, plus In the "Replace with" box enter nothing at all - ensure there are no (invisible) spaces in the box ;-) Click Replace All or, if you want to test first, just click Replace, which does them one at a time and check that the first one works. What you have "found" is two stars followed by one or more digits For an explanation, read about Regular Expressions in Writer's Help, in a book about perl or Linux/Unix or use your favourite search engine to look up "Regular Expressions" and take your pick of the several zillion documents you'll find. I had a couple of quick macros set up in Word to do these tasks, but I > am not getting very far in Writer. > > Thanks for any hints. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
