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Could anybody help me? I have tried veru hard and long to use the feature find and replace, but to no success. What I need is to find the end of paragraph return and replace it with a tab or a space. Sometimes I need to combine 2 or more paragraphs into one longer one. What are the characters to type for OpenOffice to be able to find the return and the tab. I need to find tabs and change them into something else.

I have read all types of tutorials, but no success. I am sure it's me that I am not doing something right.

Thanks,

Ramaci

Search for: $
Replace with: <tab>
Options > Regular expressions = YES

You have to type a <tab> in the document, then cut/paste it into the "Replace" field.

Be careful not to replace all the paragraph marks at once: removing the paragraph "mark" actually joins the two paragraphs, and Writer has a limit to how long a single paragraph can be (64k, ~15 pages single-spaced). If you exceed that, Writer may crash or truncate your text.

The Regular Expression for a Tab is \t and it will work in the Replace box.