.rtf - a way to find broken sentences?

plumtoad · 05-19-2011, 05:56 PM

I really like using .rtf for .pdf conversion clean up. Using the Find function, I can fix just about anything... it's because I can use the tab space in the find box, which lets me find any sentence that begins with lowercase letters, etc. Or to search for lines that should be split, that aren't...

What I can't figure out how to do is find a split sentence, that shouldn't be split... such as:

Line 1: "Am I making in sense in my question?
Line 2: Or does it sound like I'm just rambling?"

The correct form should be:

Line 1: "Am I making in sense in my question? Or does it sound like I'm just rambling?"

No line 2.

So I guess I would like a way to search a sentence to find a begining quote mark, but not an ending quote mark. But an idea that doesn't require reading the document to find the faults

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Faster · 06-04-2011, 05:08 PM

Assuming you're using Word...

If document has curly quotes.

Code:

Find:	(^13“[!”]@)^13
Repl:	\1 	note space after \1

If document has straight quotes.

Code:

Find:	(^13"[!"]@)^13
Repl:	\1 	note space after \1

OR

Code:

This will only work for curly quotes.
Find:	(“[!^13”]@)^13([!”]@”)	
Repl:	\1 \2			Space between \1 and \2

For straight quotes replace the curly quotes with straight quotes.

DSpider · 06-05-2011, 04:08 AM

They're called line breaks. Google it and you'll easily find how to remove them:

http://www.google.com/search?&q=word+line+breaks

Or you could remove them manually by pressing the hidden characters button, select them and hit the Backspace/Delete key:

Doitsu · 07-05-2011, 06:09 AM

Download AutoUnbreak it's perfect for RTF files and it's freeware.

05-19-2011, 05:56 PM	#1
plumtoad Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: iphone 3gs	.rtf - a way to find broken sentences? I really like using .rtf for .pdf conversion clean up. Using the Find function, I can fix just about anything... it's because I can use the tab space in the find box, which lets me find any sentence that begins with lowercase letters, etc. Or to search for lines that should be split, that aren't... What I can't figure out how to do is find a split sentence, that shouldn't be split... such as: Line 1: "Am I making in sense in my question? Line 2: Or does it sound like I'm just rambling?" The correct form should be: Line 1: "Am I making in sense in my question? Or does it sound like I'm just rambling?" No line 2. So I guess I would like a way to search a sentence to find a begining quote mark, but not an ending quote mark. But an idea that doesn't require reading the document to find the faults Any ideas? Thanks!

06-04-2011, 05:08 PM	#2
Faster Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 12096 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tasmania Device: Sony PRS 650	Assuming you're using Word... If document has curly quotes. Code: Find: (^13“[!”]@)^13 Repl: \1 note space after \1 If document has straight quotes. Code: Find: (^13"[!"]@)^13 Repl: \1 note space after \1 OR Code: This will only work for curly quotes. Find: (“[!^13”]@)^13([!”]@”) Repl: \1 \2 Space between \1 and \2 For straight quotes replace the curly quotes with straight quotes. Last edited by Faster; 06-04-2011 at 05:23 PM.

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DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	They're called line breaks. Google it and you'll easily find how to remove them: http://www.google.com/search?&q=word+line+breaks Or you could remove them manually by pressing the hidden characters button, select them and hit the Backspace/Delete key:

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