Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing the first character, did I stumble onto the right answer

2016-02-21 Thread John Meyer
Not doubting that. I'll run a few other examples and see if I can post a screenshot. On Feb 20, 2016 7:22 PM, "Brian Barker" wrote: > At 15:23 20/02/2016 -0700, John Meyer wrote: > >> Nothing, which it did (aka deleted it). >> > > That's not what "&" does for other people. > > Brian Barker > --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing the first character, did I stumble onto the right answer

2016-02-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:23 20/02/2016 -0700, John Meyer wrote: Nothing, which it did (aka deleted it). That's not what "&" does for other people. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing the first character, did I stumble onto the right answer

2016-02-20 Thread John Meyer
Nothing, which it did (aka deleted it). On Feb 20, 2016 8:52 AM, "Brian Barker" wrote: > At 06:19 20/02/2016 -0700, John Meyer wrote: > >> I was trying to find a way to find and replace the beginning single tick >> in a column of cells, ... >> > > Replace with what, pray? > > ... and out of frust

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing the first character, did I stumble onto the right answer

2016-02-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 06:19 20/02/2016 -0700, John Meyer wrote: I was trying to find a way to find and replace the beginning single tick in a column of cells, ... Replace with what, pray? ... and out of frustration and trying to set up step one in a longer scheme of steps, I tried this: Find ^. Replace & It s

[libreoffice-users] Replacing the first character, did I stumble onto the right answer

2016-02-20 Thread John Meyer
I was trying to find a way to find and replace the beginning single tick in a column of cells, and out of frustration and trying to set up step one in a longer scheme of steps, I tried this: Find ^. Replace & It seemed to work instantly for some unknown reason. Exactly what did I do? -- To