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I have an openoffice text using different styles. I need to extract all text in one style as a text .txt file (but not including text marked in the other styles). How can this be achieved?

I tried to mark other styles as hidden and save as .txt, but the result contains all text, not only the one which is visible. If I save as .pdf and then cut and paste the text from I get what I need, but this seems a roundabout solution and I am certain a better one exists.

user855443
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To select all text with a certain paragraph style, go to Edit -> Find & Replace. Expand Other options and check Paragraph Styles. Then select the style name to Find and press Find All.

Find and Replace Paragraph Styles

Now close the dialog. Copy and paste to a text editor such as Notepad (depending on your operating system). Then save the text file from the text editor.

For character styles, this will not work, so use AltSearch.

Jim K
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  • Thank you for confirming that there is no better solution. Your solution is a bit simpler than what I have used, but I wish there were a more straightforward one. – user855443 Apr 29 '20 at 18:01