On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:25:19 -0800, Chris BONDE wrote: > I thought that I could find how to do this but could not. Is there > documentation on what to use for non-printing characters? > > I have been importing some *.doc files. Then there are a lot of different > formating styles that appear hence need to be changed. Underlining, tabs, > abbreviations. Best solutions? > > For underlining I highlight the whole selection, click on underline once > (to underline everything) then twice (to remove all underlining). Similar > for italics and bold. Whilst high lighted I change the font and font size. > > For tabs I have to find then DELETE each one, then replace with a space. > Is there a way to do with such FIND and REPLACE? I could not find what to > use for the TAB character and the SPACE character. > > Next, is the removal of periods after CAPS for abbreviations. Such as F. > R. I need to change to F R (say for Find & Replace) or T. M. C. to T > M C. This would only be for upcase characters with a period following > > Suggestions please and point to where a list of non-printing characters > is. > > Chris
For a start get hold of the excellent iannzfindandreplace from http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ It does most of what you want in an easily understood manner. -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
