On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 13:32 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: > Hi Jonathon again, > The document is a long list of ancestors. There > is a family name, then one or more given names > with a page number associated with each given name > or names on the extreme right. The chap worked > at it for some 15 years and wants to get it cleaned > up ready for printing and binding. > Yes, I have tried to set tabs in paragraph style, but > I'm not sure if I did it right, but whatever I did, the > moment I highlighted the raw text all tabs would > disappear from the ruler. And yes, I also turned > on non-printing characters. > I found, if I removed all tabs manually from a > paragraph, THEN I could highlight that paragraph > without tab markers on the ruler disappearing. > The job then is: how to remove all embedded > tab markers without removing them one by one. > The Find/Replace help file says \t is the code to > enter for search and replace. I tried this on a > section of this file, where I had placed some > tabs manually. Guess it didn't like my tabs as > the message was 'Search object not found'
Are you sure they were tabs and not spaces? Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au Training4Linux: http://www.training4linux.com Cybersite Consulting: http://www.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
