Issue 92291 - Find & replace: Improve to what WordPerfect can do
Summary: Find & replace: Improve to what WordPerfect can do
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2008-07-30 18:15 UTC by dmacquarrie
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:40 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description dmacquarrie 2008-07-30 18:15:32 UTC 
Data analysts sometimes use word processors to replace text, numbers, and format
codes.  I am one of these!  WordPerfect is perfect, but I am slowly looking at
switching to Oo or So.  I have So (google pack) now.  I was going to try to do
my tasks in So, but the show stopper was the inability to replace spaces, ., or
numbers with a simple tab.  The tab replace is easy as we can easily change data
files and export and import into a spread sheet, data base, or analysis package
like SAS, SPSS, or Minitab.  Yes, sometime I also replace with a hard return. 
The match and replace codes option in WP make it hard to beat.  This has been a
secret of for some data people in the know and allows us to be quick with data
changes.  If you could make this happen in Oo, then I can move forward.  Money
is tight so people are looking at options and I have been a MS critic for years.

Thank you,

David L. MacQuarrie, Ph.D.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2008-07-31 07:04:56 UTC 
Reassigned to SBA.
Comment 2 stefan.baltzer 2008-09-19 15:35:50 UTC 
SBA: Adjusting summary to reflect the findings. 
Without a certain example given, "A look at WordPerfect" should be made when
improving this area.
Confirming issue. Reassigned to requirements.