On 31 May 2008 at 3:52, Alan C. Baird wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to post all that info, Brian. You really > seem to know your stuff. It's a pity that OOo is unable to handle these > basic tasks (\n doesn't even find line breaks, unfortunately). I'll > just continue pasting text into Word, and replacing ^p^p with ^p, to > remove extra paragraph breaks.
But it does! I've just caught the middle of this thread, so may be missing something.The help file is actually quite informative, especially the part about regular expressions, and from a standing start, I've been able to remove multiple blank paragraphs just by doing a search-and-replace of ^$ for an empty string. Likewise, \n finds line breaks put in with shift-enter. But you do need to select regular expressions under 'more options' in the search- and-replace dialogue, and maybe understand a little of what's going on. > > I really wanted OOo to be competitive with Word, but I guess it's > unrealistic to expect OOo's unpaid volunteers to keep up with the > salaried, stock-optioned worker bees at Microsoft. Sigh. I think you're being unfair. Have you read the help file? -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
