[Framers] Para tag "As Is" property?

[Robert Lauriston]

What happens if you select the property you want to set to As Is and
press Shift-F8?

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Scott Prentice <sp14 at leximation.com> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> As far as I can tell, there's no way to assign "As Is" to a para tag
> property definition. You can do it for char tags (and conditions), but even
> though "As Is" is a valid option in many of the para tag properties, there's
> no way to actually assign this value. Yes?
>
> I've seen this value in the para tag properties for as long as I can
> remember, and didn't think much of it, but I'm wondering why these values
> exist in the para tag property lists, if they can't be used or set.
>
> *If* there was some way to define an underlying "document" property for
> items like font or color, then it would make sense for a para tag to have an
> "As Is" value so it would inherit from the document defaults. In fact, there
> are such document properties, but the only way I know of to change them is
> to do it via the FDK or MIF (??). So, in theory, para tags could make use of
> an As Is value .. but I don't think you can set this value.
>
> I'm hoping that I've just missed this feature after all these years .. can
> someone explain why and how?