Hi, Shlomo! Shlomo Perets wrote: > Peter, > > You wrote: > >> Have you tried copying the format of an overridden example paragraph >> to the clipboard, then pasting it where you want to apply it? >> >> To repeat this action on other paragraphs that use the same format, >> (tap) Escape (tap) j (tap) j; lowercase matters. This repeats the >> last paragraph format action; pasting the format stops when you copy >> other content to the clipboard. >> >> If you need to apply the override to different paragraph formats, >> create examples in a separate FrameMaker file, and copy special from it. > > > When applying the "keep with next" property to a paragraph and then > using the Repeat Last Paragraph Action shortcut in another paragraph, > the entire set of paragraph properties is applied (together with the > tag name), including the override. Using this shortcut makes the > operation highly tag-specific (this equally applies to copy special > > pgf format + paste). I agree. My suggestion was for the case where one paragraph format needs the override often. I suggested the separate file to make it easy to choose among several different paragraphs. > If the Keep with Next override is only needed with a small number of > paragraph formats, it is likely better to have "official" paragraph > tags with the needed settings (not as overrides), or to have > additional paragraph tags that minimize the need to apply pagination > overrides. As you know, there are two schools of thought on this:
* Overrides for page-flow tweaking are GOOD, because importing the file to itself with Remove Overrides makes it easy to clean up a file for the next iteration or revision. Dedicated paragraph format variations for different page breaks or keep with behavior is BAD because removing the custom tweaking is more effort. * Dedicated paragraph format variations are GOOD for page-flow tweaking, because they are stable and are proof against Remove Overrides actions. One takes the road that leads to that inner peach that all technical authors seek constantly<G>. ________________ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType, http://www.microtype.com > Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat > > >
