[Solved] Remove unwanted paragraph marks in Writer

[philipt]

I've looked at Help, but still can't work out how to find-and-replace paragraph marks. I've also tried searching for an existing topic on this forum, but haven't found anything relevant.

My apologies to all who read this, but it really would be helpful to know how this can be done. (It's so easy in Word!)

Thank you

[RoryOF]

Do you want them removed or simply not displaying?

To remove single paragraph marks (blank lines) use /Edit /Find and Replace, Find ^$ and drop more options and enable Regular Expressions. Replace all.

To turn off the display, /View /Non printing characters

[esperantisto]

http://extensions.services.openoffice.o ... -altsearch

[philipt]

Do you want them removed or simply not displaying?

I want to remove them.

To remove single paragraph marks (blank lines) use /Edit /Find and Replace, Find ^$ and drop more options and enable Regular Expressions. Replace all.

I'm really sorry to be so ignorant, but please could you explain how I enter ^$, or what you mean by "Find ^$".

Thank you

[philipt]

http://extensions.services.openoffice.o ... -altsearch

Thank you, esperantisto - that does it!

[RoryOF]

Do you want them removed or simply not displaying?

I want to remove them.

To remove single paragraph marks (blank lines) use /Edit /Find and Replace, Find ^$ and drop more options and enable Regular Expressions. Replace all.

I'm really sorry to be so ignorant, but please could you explain how I enter ^$, or what you mean by "Find ^$".

Thank you

"Find ^$" means "in the Find box enter ^$" ; ^ is Shift 6 and $ is Shift 4

[philipt]

Thank you, Rory - I was using quite a small window and type size and hadn't noticed that the capital S (as I thought) was actually a dollar sign.