Create hard lines of X length in Writer

[TriciaG]

I have a long text document, currently correctly wrapping, that I want to save as text with lines of 55-65 characters and hard line breaks. (I’m converting back into that txt format that people try to remove line breaks FROM.)

Ideal length is 55-65 characters, but a line can go to 70 characters if required. I do not want to divide words between lines.

How can I do this, aside from manually entering paragraph breaks on each line?

(Currently using Writer 3.5.4.2.)

[TriciaG]

OK, I’m not used to this format of Q&A, so I’m commenting rather than answering my own question. qubit, your answer worked - I gave it to my programmer husband, and he did it for me. Thanks!

[qubit1]

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[qubit1]

Hi @TriciaG,

If you’re on a unix-y system, you could:

• Copy your text into emacs
• Select the whole buffer
• Use CTRL-Q to reindent

Okay, okay, so not everyone is a programmer The fold command might also be helpful for you:

FOLD(1)                          User Commands                         FOLD(1)

NAME
       fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

SYNOPSIS
       fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Wrap  input  lines in each FILE (standard input by default), writing to
       standard output.

Do you have any long URLs or anything word/string that is longer than 60 chars? If so, those very long strings might wrap:

• http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-word-wrap-command.html