quick openoffice find & replace question

[nachos99]

how do you find&replace something with nothing, as in no space.

as in if given: "this is a test-test."

find "-" and replace"" so then -> "this is a testtest."

thanks in advance.

[Temposs]

Just put nothing in the replace box. That should work.

[howefield]

Select find and replace from the edit menu.

In the find box type test-test

In the replace box type testtest

Press "replace all" button.

[nachos99]

yeah, i should have been more specific.

i can replace words with nothing. but having problems with just even finding or finding and replacing "-", a hyphen.

thanks,

[nachos99]

im tyring to edit imported text. often text would have a hyphen for the end of a page or something. when imported, it might looks like

im trying to take out some hy-
phens in some text. and it's been annoy-
ing.

when taking out the paragraphs/lines in find and replace, im left with

im trying to take out some hy- phyens in some text.

so i need to replace all "- " as in hyphen&space with nothing.

find and replace appears to not be picking up hyphens.

thanks for any suggestions.

[howefield]

It works as per previous posts.

Select find and replace from the edit menu.

In the find box type -

Do not put anything in the replace box.

Press "replace all" button.

(Should say I used open office 3, and tested before replying)

[nachos99]

yes it does find a hyphen that's all by itself. but find does not appear to pick up hyphens attached to an end of a word.

do i need to check something in the more options? or match case, etc?

[howefield]

Hmm, not sure why it is giving you a problem, it is replacing the hyphen at the end of the word for me.

Are you sure you are using the hyphen key and not some other "dash" on the keyboard.

Make a fresh document and copy your previous post(s) in a few times, then try it out on your new document, does it work then ?

[nachos99]

haha, dash/hyphen! didnt even think about that!

thank you, howefield.

im still not sure which key is what for either, but when i copied and pasted it into the find/replace, it worked.

problem solved, but which key is hyphen and which is key is dash?

thanks a lot.