[Solved] Regular expression for paragraph start

[jacksparrowjive]

I need to add a specific notation to the beginning of every new paragraph(the exact same one for every paragraph). Is there a regular expression or I can search for representing a new paragraph, that I can then insert my notation to be added? Thanks!

[robleyd]

From the HELP for regular expressions:

^
Only finds the search term if the term is at the beginning of a paragraph. Special objects such as empty fields or character-anchored frames, at the beginning of a paragraph are ignored. Example: "^Peter".

Note; this will also find text in footers and headers!

As you want to add something to the beginning of existing paragraphs your Find string would be

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(^.)

and your Replace string would be

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a specific notation $1

Obviously, replace a specific notation with the actual text required

[JeJe]

If you mean an empty paragraph, find with,

^$

For the replace for an empty paragraph, whatever you want followed by \n

Whatever\n

A different method than already suggested for a non-empty paragraph is

.*

For the replace, add whatever to the front by following with & (& keeps the original text)

whatever&