Commas in paragraph tags

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Charles:

You can rename paragraph formats across a book's files using only FM's
tools, this way:

* Before proceeding, from the book window, perform Shift+File > Open
All Files In Book, if they're not already open. Then, perform
Shift+File > Save All Files In Book.

* Click in a paragraph whose format you want to rename.
* In the Paragraph Tag box of the Paragraph Designer, type the new
name and click Apply.
* Check Store in Catalog and Apply to Selection.

The paragraph format now has the new name and the old properties.

* Copy the paragraph format with Edit > Copy Special > Paragraph
Format. The format is copied to the clipboard.
* With a selection in any book file or the book window, use Edit >
Find/Change > Find > Paragraph Tag and type in the old format name
exactly (spaces, symbols, punctuation, comma, capitalization, etc)
* Choose Change > By Pasting
* Select Look In > Book

* Try a few find/replace operations manually to see that things are
working correctly. If all's OK, Click Change All to propagate the
change across all the files in the book.

* Do some spot checks in the chapters to verify the results. When you
approve, from the book window, perform Shift+File > Save All Files In
Book.

If you have many files that are in different books, or are not in
books at all, you can create a new book to contain them all, just for
the purpose of changing the formats. Perform the Find/Change across
the files, BUT don't update the book, to avoid changing any properties
that are set in other books or individual chapters.

HTH

Regards,

Peter
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