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January 29, 2015
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Find and replace a table style

  • January 29, 2015
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I have about 10  table styles in a document and I want to replace all of them with the #1 table style. Can this be done with Find and Replace?

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Bob_Niland
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January 31, 2015

You'll need to do this for each of the Table formats that need to be replaced.

Let's assume the desired format is "Format A" (a default FM style), and one of the formats to be changed is "Specs 2".

  1. Click in any instance of a Specs 2 table.
  2. In the Table Tag field, pull down and click on [Format A].
  3. Click Commands > Global Update Options:
    (*) All Properties
    (*) All Tagged [Specs 2]
    [Update]
  4. If it works properly, you'll get a dialog:
    OK to change all Format B tags to Format A?

    [OK]

Additional global updates may be required to clean up any overrides.

Trying this on FM7 at home, it didn't always work. I don't know if newer versions are more stable. Personally, I never do it this way (probably because of prior experience), and I usually just hack the MIF.