2008/4/22, Arnet Mathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm using OpenOffice 2.4. In sWriter how can I search for end of paragraph > markers (or tabs, or other special characters) and replace them? I have a > wealth of books for research in Folio format. When I import text from them > into sWriter, I need to massage the text: take out the extra spaces, > including search for end of paragraph followed by a space, and replace the > end of paragraph only (deleting the space). I also want to replace all > double hyphens with an em-dash, all hyphens between numbers should be > replaced with the en-dash, all straight single and double quote marks with > the corresponding curly quote marks, etc. > When I learn how to do that, I want to create a Macro that will > recursively replace all double spaces with one space, until there are no > more double spaces, and do all the other replacements listed above. >
Hello, Take a look at <regular expressions> in the inbuild help or here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer Also take a look at AutoCorrection (under Tools), e.g. for double spaces HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 (and older) on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
