How to find and change paragraph tags in a Framemaker Book

[apuwdm2]

Hi All,

Does Framemaker allow 'find and change' of paragraph tags at a book level?

For example, can I replace 'Heading1' with a different paragraph tag like 'Heading 1 with indent', throughout the book?

The Find/Change menu,  in the drop-down menu under 'Find' section, allows selection of Paragraph Tag along with a text line where one can specify the Tag. However in the 'Change' section of the Find/Change menu, one cannot find a similar drop-down selection for the new Paragraph Tag.

So how are paragraph tags changed throughout the book?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards

Apurva

[Be.eM]

Apurva,

this extend script from the TechComm Blog will do what you need.

Bernd

[Bob_Niland]

It actually appears to be here: FrameMaker Super Find / Change Reloaded

[Be.eM]

Ah… thanks. Not the first time I posted a broken link in this forum because of that pre-entered "http://" content in the link entry field which isn't automatically overwritten when pasting a link.

Bernd

[wgrinthal]

The script was written for FM 2015. Has anyone tried it with FM 2019?

[LinSims]

I thought one of the points of ExtendScript was that a script written in it could be used with multiple versions of FM without having to be rewritten?

That link has changed again, by the way. The post is now here: 

https://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2016/03/framemaker-super-find-change.html

I haven't tried to use it with FM2019, but I have Rick Quatro's  script which does all those things and also handles Master Pages and Reference Pages.

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Hi apuwdm2:

If you'd like to stay within the FrameMaker feature set, you can.

1. Assign 'Heading 1 with indent" to a single paragraph
2. With your cursor still in that paragraph, choose Edit > Copy Special > Paragraph Format
3. Edit > Find/Change:
   1. Find Heading1
   2. Change: By Pasting
   3. Look in: Book

Because so many things can be copied to the clipboard, By Pasting greatly extends FrameMaker's Find/change capabilities.

~Barb

[apuwdm2]

Hi,

How to find a particular table style and replace it with another table style?

I have a book full of tables that have a 'table title' on the top, but I need a table style without any title. So, how do I find the old table style in the book and replace it with another?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards

Apurva

[LinSims · Accepted solution]

FrameMaker can't copy table styles for use in the Find / Replace by Pasting routine described by Barbara.

You have two choices:

• Use Find (Table Tag: your table style name) to find each table of that style, then use the Table Catalog to apply the new style.
• Buy Rick Quatro's FindChangeFormatsBatch plugin, which lets you change lots of things automatically.

[Barb Binder]

Apurva: wouldn't it be quickest just to redefine the table style to remove the table title? Then you can import the new table style defintion into the other book documents. 

~Barb

[Ken27394707dkz1]

Check out Silicon Prairie add ons. I have the Paragraphs tool and it does an amazing job of replacing of replacing styles.

Basically you set up a conversion document in Framemaker with a table. The left column lists the tag to search for and the right column lists the tag to replace it with. It is well worth the $10 investment!

Hoping its okay to put in a plug for the software.