[Framers] Search for text + tag?

[Lin Sims]

We know Adobe people monitor this list. Perhaps they've already made note?

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Peter Gold <peter at petergold.photography>
wrote:

> This is one of those knotty complexities of language that have fascinated
> technical writers since those early scribes who wrote "Lorem Ipsum."
>
> I think she wants to keep the text unchanged, but does want to change the
> paragraph format of some paragraphs in which the text can be found with
> Edit > Find/Change.
>
> It's not just this particular need that identifies a long-time shortcoming
> of FM's Find/Change feature, namely that it can't refer to the clipboard
> for more than one instruction. Probably, it was also designed in the era of
> those ancient scribes.
>
> While MS Word's Find/Change may be smarter than FM's, it's interesting to
> note that Adobe already owns a powerful and versatile Find/Change feature
> in InDesign.
>
> Also, included with InDesign is a Find/Change by List script that increases
> its power, through the use of repeated searches executed by one click. For
> example, a user can create a list of target paragraph tags (AKA "formats"
> in FM, "styles" in ID,) to find and change those in which the target text
> resides. For lots of info on this ID script, search Google for "find change
> by list" with and without quotes (some different results.)
>
> Perhaps someone on this list would like to write up and submit a product
> enhancement request for upgrading FM's Find/Change abilities to equal those
> of InDesign here:
> https://forums.adobe.com/community/framemaker/framemaker_feature_requests?
> view=overview
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > She does want to change the text string in a paragraph tagged *with a
> > specific format*, without having to keep an eye on the lower-left corner
> > of the status bar.
> >
> > This is an important feature in Word that is missing in FM.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > On 22-Jun-17 1:18 AM, Peter Gold wrote:
> >
> > *"Now, if you only want to change only those instances of the text
> string in
> > a paragraph that tagged with a specific format, not all instances of the
> > text string in all paragraphs, then you'll need to keep your eye on the
> > lower-left corner of the status bar, or the Paragraph Designer, to
> observe
> > the name of the currently-selected paragraph format. Click Change by
> > Pasting to apply the tag from the clipboard to the current paragraph,
> then
> > Find Next."*
> >
> >
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Lin Sims