While editing a sample Text File with ghex I found the following ideas:
Line Break (with shift enter): "0C0D0A"0c0d0aLineBrk.odt (edited on 10th Nov 2018
)
Paragraph Break: “0A”
Space: “20”
Space: “0D”
and so on.
Using ghex I was able to remove some stubborn non-printing characters that were difficult to edit by Writer using Find/Replace, including a code in text file that resulted in a page break in the file when viewed by Writer.
Now when I create a sample Writer edited *.odt file and check, it is full of hex characters that has no resemblance to the characters/text that I have entered. Moreover, its all gibberish.
May be, because of encryption?
If I now open the ~‘lock.’ file, I see the following:
Knoppix User,knoppix,Microknoppix,08.08.2018 10:29,file:///home/knoppix/.config/libreoffice/4;
How could I read a Writer file in hex code without enabling encryption? It will help a great deal in removing stubborn formatting.
After sufficient investigation for a few of days from posting this query, I had found out the exact hex code for creating a line break. But forgot to report here. I am attaching the file written in a text only editor, renaming the file as .odt, only introducing the code 0C0D0A
using a hex editor.
Got the line break (-D
Thanks everyone who helped.