Thanks for the detail, Richard. Like you, I wish things were as we want,
not as they are. That's why I'm wondering if Mathieu's problem could be
solved a different way, namely with a user-defined variable.
For example, if XYZ were always bold-by-override, perhaps a variable
something like <Default Para Font><NewBold>XYZ<Default Para Font> pasted
from the clipboard - by Replace By Pasting - could work.
Again, I'm not able to test this right now, but maybe there's a chance?
If it is successful, and variables aren't desired for the final state of
the document, they can be replaced by text, which would requite one more
test to see that this works as required.
HTH
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Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
Combs, Richard wrote:
Peter Gold wrote:
Richard's point is excellent!
Thank you.
I believe that one way to avoid this problem is to create a
named character format for the purpose, whose properties are
only those you want to apply. In this example, you'd define
the "NewBold" format by clicking outside any text, or
choosing Commands > Set Window To As Is in the character
designer, then setting only the Bold attribute. I haven't
tested this, but I think that pasting a named character
format that's copied to the clipboard applies only the
properties of the named format, not every property of the
text. A quick test should clarify the behavior.
Unfortunately, no. You can only copy to the clipboard an _instance_ of
the format, not the format as an abstraction.
FM interprets "As Is" quite literally. As soon as you instantiate the
char format by applying it to a text string, the attributes defined as
"As Is" are set to the existing values for that string. So, your Bold +
As Is char format becomes Bold + Palatino, 10 pt, Angle Regular,
Variation Regular, Color Black, etc. If you have FrameScript, you can
verify this by retrieving the property list of a string with a char
format applied.
I wish it weren't so. I'd like all the undefined char properties to
contain pointers to the corresponding pgf properties (or to be
null/empty, and interpreted as pointers to the pgf properties).
Richard
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