How to replace line breaks in notepad

How to replace text in Notepad with line breaks: Open the Find and Replace dialog box (Edit > Find and Replace). Enter the text to find and the newlines to replace. Select the line break type: Text, Unicode, or Hexadecimal. Enter the Unicode or hexadecimal code for the newline character. Click the "Replace All" button to replace all matching text.

How to use newline character to replace text in Notepad

In Notepad, newline character is a special Character used to separate text onto separate lines. Normally, pressing the Enter key inserts a newline character. However, if you want to use other characters as line breaks, such as carriage return (CR) or line feed (LF), you can follow these steps:

1. Find and Replace Dialog

• Open the Notepad document to be edited.
• Click "Edit" > "Find and Replace (F)" in the menu bar.

2. Specify the search and replacement string

• In the Find what box, enter the text you want to find.
• In the "Replace with" box, enter the newline character.

3. Select the line break type

• Click the "More" button to open the "More Options" dialog box.

• In the Find Criteria section, select the type of line breaks you want:

  • Text: Find a text string.
  • Unicode: Find Unicode character codes.
  • Hex: Find the hexadecimal value.

4. Specify Unicode or Hexadecimal code

• If you select " Unicode" or "Hex", please enter the corresponding code:

  • Line feed (LF): U 000A or 0A
  • Carriage return (CR): U 000D or 0D
  • Carriage return and line feed (CR LF): U 000D U 000A or 0D 0A

5. Perform Find and Replace

• Click the "Replace All" button to replace all matching text with newline characters.

Note:

• Make sure you enter the newline code correctly, otherwise it may cause unexpected results.
• Please back up the notepad file before replacing it, just in case.
• Different applications may use different line break conventions, so you may need to adjust line breaks when opening or importing edited text with other applications.

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