On 06/22/2008 11:41 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/6/22 Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>
>>> How does one convert all the paragraphs of a document (return key) to
>>> carriage returns (shift-enter)?
>>>
>>> Dotan Cohen
>>
>> As with the earlier question, this calls for use of regular expressions. To
>> quote the help text,
>>
>> To change a line break into a paragraph break, enter *\n* in the *Search
>> for* and *Replace with* boxes, and then perform a search and replace.
>>
> 
> I did read that, however, there seems to be no way to specify
> paragraph breaks in the Find box, and also no way to specify a line
> break in the Replace With box. I also find it unusual that the same
> symbol would represent two different entities. In PCRE \n means line
> break only. Should I file a bug on the non-standard usage? With this
> non-standard usage there seems to be no way to do the replace that I
> need.

It is a bit odd... You might find this helpful

<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer>


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