Description: LibreOffice 7.4 can not programmatically delete paragraphs breaks created by ENTER key. Editing a Writer document of 100 pages, created by another user. Every line has the pilcrow paragraph mark created by ENTER (not Shift-Enter). (An error in the other user's formatting technique) The new behavior desired is to programmatically delete the pilcrow character/(ENTER)/break at the end of every line, and replace it with another printable character (or a single white-space). Need a way to programmatically use Find and Replace (opt-cmd-F on MAC) the the pilcrow paragraph mark. There are no empty paragraphs. The pilcrow paragraph mark created by ENTER (similar to a double PP in reverse) is not a character. The pilcrow is non-printing, screen display only. The pilcrow and display of other formatting marks can be turned on/off by cmd-f10 (MAC). No regular expression is found related to the pilcrow (ENTER) mark. The pilcrow character can not be selected with the cursor. The line return represented by the pilcrow character, created by ENTER keys, can be deleted by positioning the cursor at the end of every line and depressing the 'delete' key. With a large document, manual formatting is arduous and time consuming. Thank you very much! Steps to Reproduce: 1. Using Find and Replace 2. Unable to replace returns/breaks 3. Actual Results: No known method. Expected Results: The new behavior desired is to programmatically delete the pilcrow character/(ENTER)/break at the end of every line, and replace it with another printable character (or a single white-space). Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: gerrit.libreoffice.org / core / 85569322deea74ec9134968a29af2df5663baa21
A paragraph break can be matched with a the regular expression "$" (no quotes). Go to the Find and Replace tool, tick "Regular expressions", search for "$" and replace with e.g. " ". That should work. Tested with Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: cd20a17ab703e97191b4e3421527267ef82a704f CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded as well as Version: 7.4.4.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 85569322deea74ec9134968a29af2df5663baa21 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded