Re: [libreoffice-users] Correcting a formatting error.

Chris -

I'm not familiar with the syntax :---: for a long dash, and as far as I 
know LO Writer is not familiar with it. Where is that documented?

Have you tried just highlighting an example of the characters you want 
to replace before doing File > Find and Replace?

- Robert

On 2026-07-10 22:18, Chris J. wrote:
> On 7/10/26 19:49, Robert Funnell wrote:
> > Please respond to the list and not directly to me.
> >
> > On 2026-07-10 19:43, Chris J. wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > Chris -
> > > >
> > > > When you search for " :-" sans quotes, is that a hyphen in the 
> > > > search or a long dash?
> > >
> > > actual dash since I used :---: for the special character.
> > >
> > > > If you highlight the text you want to search for and then do Edit > 
> > > > Find and Replace, the highlighted text should appear in the Find 
> > > > field, and should be found.
> > > >
> > > > The Google suggestion doesn't make sense to me, and regular 
> > > > expressions shouldn't be involved for this.
> > > >
> > > > - Robert
> > > --
> > >
> > > Chris Johnson     rchristopherjohnson@gmail.com
> > > Ex SysAdmin, now, writer     /It is a capital crime to theorise 
> > > before one has data./
> > > (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Homes)

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