Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot find and replace paragraph break in writer

At 19:01 26/03/2020 +0100, Procuste Piziocampte wrote:
> In a writer document I would like to find paragraph breaks (A 
> paragraph break that can be entered with the Enter or Return key) 
> with a tab so following the instructions ... . I should perform a 
> find/replace: in find \n and in replace \t or if it doesn't works in 
> find \n and in replace \n and then in find \n and in replace \t 
> checking the regular expression box (only that one) but it doesn't 
> work, writer gives me the "search key not found"

That is because in the search box \n finds *line* breaks (created 
with Shift+Enter), not paragraph breaks.

> how can I solve?

If I understand you correctly, try this. First:
o Search for (.)$  (left parenthesis - dot - right parenthesis - dollar).
o Replace with $1\t (dollar - one - backslash - lowercase tee).
The search matches any single character at the end of a paragraph. 
The replace string replaces whatever that character is and adds a tab 
character.

Then:
o Search for $ (dollar).
o Replace with nothing.

There may be more elegant solutions ...

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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