How to find-replace “…{enter}”, with “.{enter}”.
Have tried find with “…\n”, and does not work. Have tried extension find-replace, still without a remedy. This is very easy in MS Word. Am looking for the process in Writer.
Thanks!
I would find the last two stops in the paragraph and replace them with a single stop.
In the Find Box enter \.\.$ in the Replace box enter ., make sure the box Regular Expressions is ticked. If you have made a selection to which you want to limit the find and replace then also tick the box Current selection only. Click Replace All
The . has a special function meaning any character in Regular Expressions Find, by placing the \ in front of it, it makes the Find look for the actual stop character.
The $ only finds the search term if it is at the end of a paragraph. Cheers, Al
PS make sure you save before running find and replace as undo doesn’t necessarily return things to what they were. File reload will take you back to last save situation