How-To: Find Tablulator in Text Document - OpenOffice.org Writer
- To find a tablulator in a document, click on the "Edit" menu.
- Select the "Find & Replace..." item from the menu.
- The "Find & Replace" dialog appears.
- To search for a special character like tabulator, you need to use regular expressions. Click on the "More Options" button to extend the dialog.
- Check the "Regular expression" checkmark.
- Clcik in the "Search for" field and type "\t" as a placeholder for the tabulator character.
- To start the search, click the "Find" button.
- Notice that the first occurence of a tabulator character is highlighted in the table of contents.
- To advance to the next occurence, click in the "Find" button again.
- To end the search, click on the "Close" button.
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Find Tablulator in Text Document
This screencast demonstrates how to find a
tabulator character
in a text document.
You learn:
- How to start a "Find & Replace" action.
- How to extend the dialog to more options.
- How to activate regular expressions
(also known as wildcards).
- How to enter a tabulator as a regular expression.
- How OpenOffice.org Writer highlights the next occurrence of the text pattern searched for.
For more about regular expressions, see Find text patterns using regular expressions.
Advanced topics
For advanced functionality with similar results see:
- Find words or text fragments in the text.
- Find words or text fragments going backwards in the text.
- Find text patterns using regular expressions.
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