1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textswriterguideremoving_line_breaksxml" indexer="include"> 27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Removing Line Breaks</title> 28<filename>/text/swriter/guide/removing_line_breaks.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149687"> 33<bookmark_value>hard returns in pasted text</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>line breaks;removing</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>deleting; line breaks</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>copies;removing line breaks</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>paragraph marks;removing</bookmark_value> 38</bookmark><comment>MW changed "removing;..." to "deleting;...".</comment><comment>MW changed "paragraph marks;..."</comment> 39<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155916" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG"><variable id="removing_line_breaks"><link href="text/swriter/guide/removing_line_breaks.xhp">Removing Line Breaks</link> 40</variable></paragraph> 41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155858" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Use the AutoCorrect feature to remove line breaks that occur within sentences. Unwanted line breaks can occur when you copy text from another source and paste it into a text document.</paragraph> 42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153413" role="note" l10n="U">This AutoCorrect feature only works on text that is formatted with the "Default" paragraph style.</paragraph> 43<list type="ordered"> 44<listitem> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153138" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - AutoCorrect Options</item> 46<emph>.</emph> 47</paragraph> 48</listitem> 49<listitem> 50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149645" role="listitem" l10n="U">On the <emph>Options</emph> tab, ensure that <emph>Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than 50%</emph> is selected. To change the minimum percentage for the line length, double-click the option in the list, and then enter a new percentage.</paragraph> 51</listitem> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145093" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145118" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the text containing the line breaks that you want to remove.</paragraph> 57</listitem> 58<listitem> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156253" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">In the <item type="menuitem">Apply Style</item> box on the <item type="menuitem">Formatting</item> bar, choose “Default”.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153388" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Format - AutoCorrect - Apply</emph>.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64</list> 65<section id="relatedtopics"> 66<embed href="text/swriter/guide/auto_off.xhp#auto_off"/> 67</section> 68</body> 69</helpdocument> 70