Brian, I had actually tried everything that you suggested and no joy. It is line breaks (\n) rather than paragraph end that I am trying to get, because I want the paragraph ends/breaks to remain. Even so, I did try the paragraph end ($) and that does not work either. -------------- > Did a little searching and \n matches the type of line > break you get with a shift+enter. > > I think what you are looking for is to replace a paragraph > end which is just $ on the search line by itself. > > So in libre/open office go to edit-> find/replace, then click > on more options and select "regular expressions". Then in the > "search for" field put a $ all by itself and on the "replace with" > field put a space. Then just click "replace all" and it will > make everything continuous and word wrap on the page naturally. > > Brian Cluff ------------- > On 04/16/2013 04:32 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote: >> How to remove line breaks in odt paragraphs? >> >> Searching the 'net turns up no solution that I can get to work. >> >> Some suggested using edit > find and replace to replace "\n" with >> a >> space after checking "regular expressions" but that did not work >> for >> me. >> >> Some suggested installing an "altsearch" extension (which was >> ridiculously difficult to find). Searching for "altsearch" at the >> libre office extensions page does not find it. Eventually I did >> find >> it (under a different name) and installed it, but it also does not >> work for me. Please refer to this screen capture: >> http://www.upquick.com/temp/altsearch.jpg >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss