Merging sections

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BobC
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Merging sections

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I have a file of an OCRd book, that comes from the OCR soft with 439 sections. Until now, I haven't found a way to merge them without having to do it one by one. 439 is quite a number. Is there a way to merge them with a few operations?
Thanks in advance
Robert
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Post by Robert »

If all sections breaks can be removed without creating havoc in the document, you could simply use the Ctrl+H dialog to replace all section breaks with nothing.
Find What: ^b
Replace With: <clear box>
BobC
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Post by BobC »

Thanks for your immediate reply, Robert. I tried, and... it created quite a havoc. But I figured out a workaround. I keep a copy of the good old Atlantis Nova, of which I'm among the first users since version 0.something. I opened the file in Nova. As it doesn't support sections, they were gone :)
Robert
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Post by Robert »

You could have tried replacing each section break with an ordinary paragraph end mark.
Find What: ^b
Replace With: ^p
BobC
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Post by BobC »

Thanks, I tried it with another document and works fine!
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