Re: [libreoffice-users] find and replace problem

At 08:49 05/03/2014 -0500, Tim Lungstrom wrote:
> On 03/05/2014 02:31 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 01:30 05/03/2014 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> > > Running LO version 4..1. Editing a three-page document which was 
> > > written with double-spacing after a period. Tried with search and 
> > > replace to fix that--tried twice--and both times it came up with 
> > > the same number "fixed" but in reality in neither case were they 
> > > actually fixed. To input this, I went to the search and replace 
> > > window, and on the top replace I put two space-bar pushes, and on 
> > > the bottom replace with I put one space-bar push.
> >
> > The Find & Replace dialogue "helpfully" remembers items that you 
> > have previously used in the current session.  You can obtain these 
> > from the drop-down list below each text box.  If you start typing, 
> > items from the list will be suggested, prompting you in the text 
> > boxes themselves.
> >
> > My guess is that at some point you have used a double space in the 
> > "Replace with" box and it now appears in its list.  When you now 
> > type a single space, LibreOffice fills in the second space automatically.
> > Since spaces are by their nature invisible, you may not notice the 
> > additional highlighted space.  The result is that your are 
> > replacing double spaces with double spaces: that would produce 
> > exactly the effect you describe.
> >
> > > What must I do to make this work?
> >
> > Either:
> > o Type the space.  Press Delete to delete the suggested second space.
> > Or:
> > o Close LibreOffice to void the list.
>
> I use "copy/paste" in the boxes.  I copy the "double space", and 
> then paste it in the find box. [...] I rarely type in the "find 
> text" for a "replace all" option.  It seems easier to just do a 
> copy/paste of the first "text" needing changing.

Then you are wasting your time.  Even more easily, you can select the 
required text before opening the Find & Replace dialogue.  You will 
then find the selected text already in the "Search for" box: no need 
to copy and paste.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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