2008/8/6 Francesco Abeni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dotan Cohen ha scritto: >> >> Is there a feature for showing multiple spaces, double single >> apostrophes, and other 'bad' punctuation? >> >> I have an 80-page thesis that I am reviewing. The author, while an >> expert in the field of filtration, is a terrible writer. He sometimes >> uses " double quotes and sometimes uses '' single quotes in pairs. In >> many places there are two spaces between words. Is there a >> formating mode for showing, for instance, only double spaces but not >> single spaces? Maybe a way to highlight '' single quotes used in >> pairs? >> >> If it is important, this is a .doc file written in a late version of >> MSO, and I am using OOo 2.4 on Ubuntu. I have upgraded to the full >> OOo, not the crippled distro version. > > Just a hint: you should use the Replace features with Regular Expressions. > They are somewhat difficult at first, but then allow you to find and replace > almost any kind of exact pattern and replace it. > > In your case, they allow you easily to find "a letter followed by two spaces > followed by another letter" and replace the two space with one, leaving the > letters untouched. > > Or find a ' followed by letters and spaces followed by another ' and replace > these with ". > > As i said, this is just a hint. If you need more advice, post again and i'll > be glad to help. >
Thanks, Francesco, actually I did do just that. But I have the original copy as well and the author asked me to point out the mistakes. I truely doubt that he will learn from it, but if he's willing to try then I'm willing to help. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
