I've just registered Atlantis, mainly for use in preparing ebooks, so I still have some exploring to do. But I need an answer to this problem quite soon.
I've downloaded a text file from the internet which I think would make a very good ebook. The text has a pilcrow character (¶) at the end of each line as well as at the end of each paragraph. I can remove them by hand but it would take forever to do.
Is there any way I can use Atlantis to remove the pilcrow characters at the end of lines while leaving the ones at the ends of paragraphs?
Cleaning up text files with Atlantis
Cleaning up text files with Atlantis
Regards, Alex
Hi Alex,
A lot depends on whether the actual paragraphs are separated by one or two pilcrow characters. In other words, are the real paragraphs separated by an empty paragraph (a pilcrow character on its own) or not?
If each paragraph is separated from the next by an empty paragraph, the method is extremely simple:
1. Select the whole of the target text.
2. Press Ctrl twice to switch to the alternative set of toolbars.
3. Click the “Join paragraphs” button on the Extended (bottom) toolbar. See illustration below. Alternatively, you can use the assigned keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+U).
Now if the actual paragraphs are not separated by an empty paragraph, you’ll have to select each of them manually and apply the “Join paragraphs” command to each of them separately. If you don’t select each actual paragraph manually, you’ll collapse the whole document into one big single paragraph.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
A lot depends on whether the actual paragraphs are separated by one or two pilcrow characters. In other words, are the real paragraphs separated by an empty paragraph (a pilcrow character on its own) or not?
If each paragraph is separated from the next by an empty paragraph, the method is extremely simple:
1. Select the whole of the target text.
2. Press Ctrl twice to switch to the alternative set of toolbars.
3. Click the “Join paragraphs” button on the Extended (bottom) toolbar. See illustration below. Alternatively, you can use the assigned keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+U).
Now if the actual paragraphs are not separated by an empty paragraph, you’ll have to select each of them manually and apply the “Join paragraphs” command to each of them separately. If you don’t select each actual paragraph manually, you’ll collapse the whole document into one big single paragraph.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
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