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Gloria_Mc
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September 10, 2015
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Character Tag Find/Replace Issues

  • September 10, 2015
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FM 12.0.4.445 on Windows 7 Enterprise

I've created a character tag (Skip Spelling) with all properties set to "As Is" except for Language, which is set to "None." The purpose of this tag is to have FM skip certain terms for spell checking. For example, my document discusses many different file extensions, such as .TXT, .DAT, etc. These terms can't be added to the dictionary due to the "Space Before" setting for periods, which I don't want to change.

Applying this character tag works fine, except in two instances:

  • First, applying it occasionally forces a term to the next line of a paragraph, as if the term has grown in size. Not a big deal, but I am curious as to why this would happen. It also makes me wonder about the Spread and Stretch settings, which remain at 0% and 100%, although I tried deleting them in the character tag definition.
  • More importantly, using Find/Change with change = By Pasting applies the new character tag but also changes bold to plain text, especially in bold headings. (Copy Special > Character Format was used to copy the character tag.) Applying the character tag directly to a bold term does not remove the bold. Is the Find/Change set up correctly or this is a bug?

Thanks very much for your help.

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    Correct answer Mike-Hardy

    I can't help much with the respacing issue. Double check that your Skip Spelling character format really is changing only the Language. See what changes in the Character Designer when you apply the format, or save a file as MIF and examine the definition of your Skip Spelling character format.

    Copy Special > Character Format copies all properties of the character formatting. So the Find/Change dialog is behaving as expected - which unfortunately for you, isn't as wanted.

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    Mike-HardyCorrect answer
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    September 11, 2015

    I can't help much with the respacing issue. Double check that your Skip Spelling character format really is changing only the Language. See what changes in the Character Designer when you apply the format, or save a file as MIF and examine the definition of your Skip Spelling character format.

    Copy Special > Character Format copies all properties of the character formatting. So the Find/Change dialog is behaving as expected - which unfortunately for you, isn't as wanted.

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    Gloria_McAuthor
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    September 11, 2015

    Thanks, Mike. I did check the format in a .mif file, and only language is changed -- so the spacing glitch will remain a mystery.

    On Copy Special > Character Format, I thought that maybe if you clicked in a paragraph without selecting anything, it would copy the character tag and not all character properties, which you indicate is not correct. Wishful thinking on my part, I guess. Geez, you should be able to copy a tag in FM (character or para.).

    Thanks again.

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    Gloria_McAuthor
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    September 11, 2015

    By the way, I did find a FM bug (feature) request on the issue of copy/pasting character tags - Feature 3937977.  It is marked as ToFix, so maybe in our lifetime they will add the functionality.

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