If I'm reading your message right, you should be choosing "Character Tag:" in the Find dialog, rather than a "Character Format." The former searches for text with the assigned character style. The latter finds text with specific attributes, which may or may not have been assigned a character style.
Mike Wickham On 7/9/2013 2:15 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > I want to remove rogue character formats and replace them with correct > ones. I've used Character Tools to generate a list of formats by file > so I know which ones are in each document of my book. I choose > "Character Format..." in the Find/Change palette, type the character > format name in the entry field, check the "Consider Case" checkbox, > check the "Document" radio button to check only the open document, and > click "Find." > > Usually, the "Find Character Format" dialog appears. I can't possibly > remember all the properties I assigned to every format I created, and > certainly wouldn't know the properties of a rogue or legacy style that > I didn't create. I just want to find the format by the name assigned > to it. Shouldn't those names appear in the scrollable entry field of > the Find/Change palette, the same way paragraph styles do? (Not even > default character styles show up.) Must I generate a long CT report on > all styles to get the properties to complete this dialog? > > If I close this dialog and try again, a "Specify the character format > to find" alert appears. > > My documents have only an A flow. I doubt the character format I'm > looking for would be on a master page. Even if a style or two were in > an unanchored box, for example, that doesn't explain all styles not > being available or found. > > I'm sure this is a case of user error. What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Karen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as info at mikewickham.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130709/81492418/attachment.html>
