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[Solved] How to delete all line feed and carriage-return

by fazillatheef Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:09 am

The following was the method that I used ,but it didn't work 1. Open the document and press Ctrl+F , The find and replace dialog will pop up.2. Click on more options and check Regular expression.3. Searched for [\r\n] .

I had enabled " Display non printable character ". I expected the carriage return and linefeeds to be selected.

But nothing was selected. Please Help!!!Thanks in AdvanceLast edited by fazillatheef on Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:08 am, edited 1 time in total.Open Office org 3.0.1 in Windows Vista

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Re: How to delete all line feed and carriage-return

by RoryOF Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:21 am

Download and install AltSearchhttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/node/3315and make life easy for yourself.Oracle OOo 3.3.0 RC10 on Ubuntu 10.10 and Win2K

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RoryOF wrote: Download and install AltSearchhttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/node/3315and make life easy for yourself.

It doesn't work in Open Office 3.0.1I downloaded and checked it on my computer. I also read a comment saying that it won't work on Open office 3.0.1

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Look at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/ooregexp.html for some hints.Oracle OOo 3.3.0 RC10 on Ubuntu 10.10 and Win2K


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by vasa1 Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:55 am

RoryOF wrote: Look at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/ooregexp.html for some hints.

Nice! Thanks!

More comprehensible than the built-in Help.OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 [OOO320m12(Build:9483)] on Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP SP3

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RoryOF wrote: Look at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/ooregexp.html for some hints.

I tried many combinations like \n \n\n \r\n \n\r


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\r\r \r

Nothing worked. Can this be a bug in Open office.Open Office org 3.0.1 in Windows Vista


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by Hagar de l'Est Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:37 am

fazillatheef wrote: It doesn't work in Open Office 3.0.1I downloaded and checked it on my computer. I also read a comment saying that it won't work on Open office 3.0.1

Can't you upgrade to 3.2?OOo 3.2.1 on W2000 / OOo 3.3 RC9 on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (10.10)

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Hagar de l'Est wrote:

fazillatheef wrote: It doesn't work in Open Office 3.0.1I downloaded and checked it on my computer. I also read a comment saying that it won't work on Open office 3.0.1

Can't you upgrade to 3.2?

My company has more than 1.5 lakh employees. So I work in an office enviroment where we are restricted from updating or installing softwares. Theupdate for Openoffice need to be added into our SOE(Standard Operating environment- stupid name to restrict us from updating software). Even thoughI have given quite a few requests to the team responsible ,they haven't initiated it.

The transition from Microsoft Office to Open office wasn't smooth. All the templates are using macros written in VBA which are incompatible with Openoffice. There are many other problems too. Since the program update don't happen properly these problems never get solved. And everyone's blamingOpen Office for that.

Thanks for your interestOpen Office org 3.0.1 in Windows Vista



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\n has just worked for me using standard Find and Replace. When I enable Display non printing characters, Shift Enter gives a backward pointing arrow.I was able to te ll F&R to look for \n and replace with %%. Your combination \n\r tells it to find the newline character , followed by a "literal r", asOpenOffice does not interpret the \r as a carriage return. I think you may have to wait until someone more familiar with regular expressions comes online- I use the Alt Search when I have complicated sea rching, so don't know regular expressions well.

Edit: A large macro to remove excess line breaks f rom documents is given and discussed athttp://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=6429&highlight=ascii . It may be overkill for your needs.

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RoryOF wrote: \n has just worked for me using standard Find and Replace. When I enable Display non printing characters, Shift Enter givesa backward pointing arrow. I was able to tell F&R to look for \n and replace with %%. Your combination \n\r tells it to find the newlinecharact er, followed by a "literal r", as OpenOffice does not interpret the \r as a carriage return. I think you may have to wait until someonemore familiar with regular expressions comes online - I use the Alt Search when I have complicated searching, so don't know regularexpressions well.

Edit: A large macro to remove excess line breaks from documents is given and discussed athttp://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=6429&highlight=ascii . It may be overkill for your needs.

It worked.

Thank you. I have saved lot of timeOpen office wins again!!!Open Office org 3.0.1 in Windows Vista


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