[Solved] Search and replace paragraph breaks
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[Solved] Search and replace paragraph breaks
I have a huge list of numbers in a single column and I want them in paragraph form. Is there a way to find and replace breaks or ¶(nonprinting character for break)? Find&Replace does this in MS Word.
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: tagged [Solved].
Reason: tagged [Solved].
OOo 3.0.X on MS Windows Vista + MS Windows XP
Re: search and replace
Edit > Find & Replace
Search for: $
Replace with: (single space character)
Options/Regular expressions: YES
Click "Replace All"
Writer has a limit to how big a single paragraph can be--if you exceed it, it may silently discard some of your text. The limit is ~60,000 characters; somewhere around 15 pages.
Search for: $
Replace with: (single space character)
Options/Regular expressions: YES
Click "Replace All"
Writer has a limit to how big a single paragraph can be--if you exceed it, it may silently discard some of your text. The limit is ~60,000 characters; somewhere around 15 pages.
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Re: search and replace
thank you! I think that OO should have an entry in the Attributes in the Find&Replace for dummies like me. I would really help
OOo 3.0.X on MS Windows Vista + MS Windows XP
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Re: [Solved] Search and replace paragraph breaks
Some hints here (in addition to the internal help file from OOo where there is a list of the regular expressions with examples): [Solved] Find line breaks/carriage returns.
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