Comparing paragraph and character formats inside files of a book?

[Stuart Rogers]

On 2015-Apr-24 2:06 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote:
>
> Hi, all.
>
> I did a bit of looking and am not sure I see an answer for a concern 
> that I have.
>
> In one of my books that I created and have edited over the years, it 
> is possible that some of the paragraph and character format 
> definitions (and possibly the color definitions, and reference pages 
> too) are no longer consistent in /every/ file of that book.
>
> Meaning that I am not sure if paragraph format “XYZ” in one of the 
> files is necessarily identical to the same format “XYZ” in another one 
> of the files. Probably close, but not sure if they are identical. It 
> is also possible that some file may have had a format 
> added/removed/edited because it is only used within that file only 
> (like a content list format or something).
>
> Is there a way to compare/list/report (whatever) all the formats in 
> the files to see where the inconsistencies are? At least, so that I 
> can take one of the file and apply its formats to all the other files 
> and not break things too much?
>
>

Silicon Prairie's paragraph and character tools will produce the reports 
you ask about. With a little manipulation, you should be able to use FM 
or Acrobat to compare files to find any differences in definitions.

HTH,

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Stuart Rogers
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