Maybe they aren't '\n' characters but '\r' characters.
> Correction.  I tried again, and what you suggested
> did work.  But the problem is, it removes *all* line
> breaks so there are no paragraph breaks.  The result
> is a continuous string of text tens of thousands of
> characters long with no breaks at all.
>
> So how can I eliminate the word-wrap line breaks
> but keep the paragraph breaks?
>
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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