[Solved-Workaround] Create page breaks with Find&Replace

[vercingetorix2012]

Hello, i need some help.
Every day i receive a xml file from an application and must separate text with manual page breaks.
In Microsoft Office i select separator and replace with manual page break character defined in office, using function "find and replace''.
In Open Office i cannot find the character for manual page break, i.e. " ^m ".
I read help online and only solution was to insert manual ctrl+enter, but my file has 30-40 pages, it's useless for me.
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[robleyd]

Writer doesn't have that feature but there is an extension Alternative dialog Find & Replace for Writer which can help you.

[keme]

A workaround that may be of use:

• Create a new paragraph style based on the one which is in use (most likely either Default or Text body)
• In the Text flow tab, tick the option to insert break, and select page break before.
• OK
• Select Edit - Find and replace ...
• Enter your search term
  If the mark for new page is two tabs on an otherwise empty line, use regular expression ^\t\t$
  Regular expressions must be ticked under More options for this search to work
• Click Find all
• Double click the paragraph style entry you created to apply it to the matches.

If you keep your file with the paragraph style as a template for future work, next time the job will be just find and apply, which is little more than find and replace.

Page breaks in Writer do not exist as separate entities, they are a format property for the first (breaking) paragraph on that page, so applying that style should be functionally the same as your pressing ctrl+enter.

[JeJe]

As an xml file is a text file you could edit it directly - in Writer or any basic text editor. There is a free online version of Word if you need a feature Writer hasn't got - and many other Word processors online to look for, including free ones, which might also support it.