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.


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:24 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

>
> 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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