[Solved] Add empty paragraph after each paragraph

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Peter5004
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[Solved] Add empty paragraph after each paragraph

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I have a very long OO Writer document, with no blank lines between paragraphs.
I would like to insert a blank line after each paragraph, without having to tediously go through every paragraph in turn.
Is there a shortcut way to do this?
Last edited by MrProgrammer on Sun Sep 06, 2026 6:53 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Adding blank line between each paragraph

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Use Paragraph styles í(instead of the direct 'manual' formatting method), and set the "Spacing" property of the applied paragraph style.
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Re: Adding blank line between each paragraph

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Using search and replace dialog, with regular expressions ticked

Search for
$
Replace all using
\n\n
Adds another blank paragraph after all paragraphs
But as said already using a style with the space before or space after set is better.
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Re: Adding blank line between each paragraph

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you can also select all and then choose Format/Paragraph and set some spacing below to all your paragraphs (this is applying direct formatting to them all)
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Re: Adding blank line between each paragraph

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JeJe wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2026 8:06 pm Using search and replace dialog, with regular expressions ticked

Search for
$
Replace all using
\n\n
Adds another blank paragraph after all paragraphs
That's the one that worked, thanks! :-)

I should have made myself clearer: I did not want to merely change the spacing between paragraphs (I've known how to do that for ages!). What I wanted was to specifically insert a blank line after each paragraph. The reason is because I need to copy-paste the text to another app which does not support HTML, only BBcode (like this forum). Without the blank line between paragraphs the text looks too dense.
I hope that makes my request clear.
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