editing text, when joining paragraphs - formatting override?

[Jay Maechtlen]

I expect that this is  a setting or preference somewhere, but I don't see it -

I'm working on docs in ID CC 14.0.2 on Win 7

Let's say I have some paragraphs 1, 2, 3 in one style, followed by para 4 in another style -

If I delete para 3's end-of-para marker, para 4 joins it. Of course.

But the text of para 4 now shows as overridden instead of taking para 3's style and formatting.

- this isn't what I want - it should become part of para 3 and not keep its previous formatting.

Please, what settings affect/control this?

Thanks!

Jay

[Laubender]

Hi Jay,

you could remove overrides by applying the right style:

1. Select some text in the mixed style paragraph.

2. Select the paragraph style you want to apply in the Paragraph Styles panel and apply it while pressing the Alt key.

Regards,
Uwe

[Jay Maechtlen]

Of course - but I shouldn't have to.

The merged text should become 'one' with the paragraph it is joining.

Of course, if there were manual formatting in the merged text, I'd expect that to remain.

[Barb Binder]

Hi Jay:

That's just how it works when you delete a ¶ in InDesign between two different style names. Like Uwe, I just remove the resulting overrides.

If you would like to log a feature request to be considered for inclusion in a future version, you can so here:

Adobe InDesign Feedback

~Barb

[Laubender]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Jay+Maechtlen  wrote

… Of course, if there were manual formatting in the merged text, I'd expect that to remain.

That may be the crucial point for you. If you merge two paragraphs with different styles it adds manual formatting to the merged paragraph. So you think all formerly not manual formatting should be in the new paragraph style formatting and all previous manual formatting should stay? Good idea.

Regards,
Uwe

[Steve Werner]

How about requesting that a dialog box pop up which asks how you'd like to handle the merge?

[Jay Maechtlen]

Pop-up? well, I'd rather just have a setting for default handling. In my workflows, there is never a time that I want to create overrides.

I guess a macro should be do-able for this, but I've resisted learning macros beyond VBA in Office. Maybe I need to get ambitious and learn it here...