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parag_84
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June 23, 2014
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How to remove tab stops at one shot after importing a word document

  • June 23, 2014
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HI everyone,

This is my first post in Framemaker Community as I am moving from RH to FM.

I have an issue with respect to importing word documents to Framemaker.

After I have import a word to doc to FM multiple tab stops are created.

Now, although I remove the tab stops manually once, If I place my mouse in the next line , the tab stops are seen again.

Is there any shortcut wherein I can remove tab stops at one go after I import a word document in Framemaker.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Parag

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Bob_Niland
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Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 23, 2014

Edit > Find / Change

Find: Text: [ \x08 ]

Change To Text: [ \x20 ]

<*> Document

[ Change All ]


This would change all tabs to ordinary spaces. You can actually just type a tab and space character, but I used the hex notation so you see what you're doing. The space could be any other character(s) you desire, or no characters at all (make sure the To Text: field is empty).

Hex codes?

Found here on one of my installs:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\FrameMaker9\Documents\Character_Sets.pdf

    Fightergator
    Fightergator
    Inspiring
    January 4, 2023

    Bob...you never know when one of these will come in handy to someone.  Working with table someone left a couple of extra tabs in and couldn't simply delete them.  Found your post and used Find/Change to do the job. Thanks.  

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2023

    Looking at the original [2014] question again, my answer only removes actual tab characters [␉] from the document. It does nothing for any tab Stops defined (or overriden into by import) in the paragraph formats.

    If there's a method of bulk deleting paragraph tab stops, it doesn't immediately come to mind. And it might not be a wise thing to do, as tabs are commonly used for list bullet/counter set-off/indent.

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