<div dir="ltr">Do a search for 2 of your your replacement characters ($) and replace $$ with something else, like a double plus (++) or som e other character not found in your text. Then delete the $ in the document and do another replace to restore ++ to EOL or paragraph breaks.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:24 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com" target="_blank">joe@actionline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Correction. I tried again, and what you suggested<br>
did work. But the problem is, it removes *all* line<br>
breaks so there are no paragraph breaks. The result<br>
is a continuous string of text tens of thousands of<br>
characters long with no breaks at all.<br>
<br>
So how can I eliminate the word-wrap line breaks<br>
but keep the paragraph breaks?<br>
<br>
<br>
> Brian, I had actually tried everything that you suggested<br>
> and no joy. It is line breaks (\n) rather than paragraph<br>
> end that I am trying to get, because I want the paragraph<br>
> ends/breaks to remain. Even so, I did try the paragraph<br>
> end ($) and that does not work either.<br>
><br>
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>> Did a little searching and \n matches the type of line<br>
>> break you get with a shift+enter.<br>
>><br>
>> I think what you are looking for is to replace a paragraph<br>
>> end which is just $ on the search line by itself.<br>
>><br>
>> So in libre/open office go to edit-> find/replace, then click<br>
>> on more options and select "regular expressions". Then in the<br>
>> "search for" field put a $ all by itself and on the "replace with"<br>
>> field put a space. Then just click "replace all" and it will<br>
>> make everything continuous and word wrap on the page naturally.<br>
>><br>
>> Brian Cluff<br>
><br>
><br>
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>> On 04/16/2013 04:32 PM, <a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com">joe@actionline.com</a> wrote:<br>
>>> How to remove line breaks in odt paragraphs?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Searching the 'net turns up no solution that I can get to work.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Some suggested using edit > find and replace to replace "\n" with<br>
>>> a<br>
>>> space after checking "regular expressions" but that did not work<br>
>>> for<br>
>>> me.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Some suggested installing an "altsearch" extension (which was<br>
>>> ridiculously difficult to find). Searching for "altsearch" at the<br>
>>> libre office extensions page does not find it. Eventually I did<br>
>>> find<br>
>>> it (under a different name) and installed it, but it also does<br>
>>> not<br>
>>> work for me. Please refer to this screen capture:<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.upquick.com/temp/altsearch.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.upquick.com/temp/altsearch.jpg</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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