Re: Find & Replace tool

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

> How do I find and replace a paragraph tag?
> The drop down list for the Find function is impressive but the Change one
> is rather lame...

I'm not sure if anyone has commented on this, but you can
both rename and replace a paragraph tag through the Paragraph
Designer, without using the Find/Replace dialog.

In the Paragraph Designer, there's a Commands button containing
the command "Global Update Options". By selecting All Properties
and All Tagged, you can globally apply the current settings in
the Designer to all paragraphs with a certain tag.

To rename a tag from "A" to "B":
1. Select the tag A in the Designer's Paragraph Tag drop-down.
   (this picks the format from the catalog, without overrides)
2. Change the name in the Paragraph Tag field to "B".
3. In Global Update Options, select the original tag A again
   in the All Tagged drop-down.
4. Click Update, read the confirmation dialog and confirm.
This changes all tagged paragraphs *and* the Catalog entry.
(the formatting stays the same, only the tag name changes)

Te replace all paragraphs tagged "A" with another format "B":
1. Select the tag B (not A) in the Designer's Paragraph Tag drop-down.
2. In Global Update Options, select the tag A in All Tagged.
3. Click Update, read the confirmation dialog and confirm.
This changes all tagged paragraphs but *not* the Catalog entry.
(the paragraphs change tag and formatting, but the original
tags in the Catalog remain unaffected)

This is much safer than using Find/Replace, IMHO.


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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
Technical Communicator, Uppsala, Sweden
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com
http://go.to/framers/
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