As I saw the range of suggestions, I wondered if I'd oversimplified the issue by working from memory, since I haven't actually fired FM up for a few years. So, I invoked FM 9 on WinXP SP2 under Parallels on my early 2008 MacBookPro, to see what's what.
Although your original statement of intention seems clear, there's one possible ambiguity. Ooops, perhaps two ambiguities. One is that the text string is the only content of the paragraphs whose tags you want to change. The other is that the text string appears within other paragraph text. The basic idea for both cases is similar - find the text and paste the tag. If you don't want to replace all found instances with the new paragraph tag, then you'll have to inspect each found instance and chose Change > By Pasting, or Find Next to skip. If the example text string is exactly the same in all target locations, then there's no problem. In this case, you want to change the paragraph tag where the target text resides, to a different paragraph tag; you're not replacing text. The process is easiest if you want to find and change all paragraphs where the target text resides to the same new tag. For example, find "Abc text string" in all paragraphs no matter how they're tagged, and change only the tag to, say NewBodyTag, even if some of the target paragraphs are tagged Body, or Head1, or WhateverTag. Because of FM's limited Find/Replace feature, you need to do it this way: * Use the Paragaph Designer to create a paragraph with the target format tag name and properties. "NewBodyTag" in this case. Tag one paragraph with this tag (old-timers like me still call this a "Paragraph Format.") * Select the text string, copy and paste it into the Text area of the Find/Replace dialog box. Or, manually type it in. * Select an instance of the NewBodyTag paragraph format. Use Edit > Copy Special > Paragraph Format. This puts NewBodyTag on the clipboard. FM's limitation is that the Clipboard can only remember one item, regardless of what category it belongs to - text, graphic, text property, tag, etc. * Use Find/Replace to search for the text string, and choose Replace > By Pasting to paste the NewBodyTag paragraph format; this doesn't change the found text, it just changes the paragraph format. Now, if you only want to change only those instances of the text string in a paragraph that tagged with a specific format, not all instances of the text string in all paragraphs, then you'll need to keep your eye on the lower-left corner of the status bar, or the Paragraph Designer, to observe the name of the currently-selected paragraph format. Click Change by Pasting to apply the tag from the clipboard to the current paragraph, then Find Next. If this is a recurring need, going forward perhaps consider using a text variable for the repeating text, or a new character tag (AKA Character Format,) for the repeating text. IIRC, you can create a text variable that incorporates a named character format. I've not updated my FM, so I'm not sure if Find & Replace, and Edit > Copy Special have gotten smarter. If anyone can comment, I'd like to know. Thanks! HTH. On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Karen Robbins <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks all for the suggestions. Temporary manual fix in place (this is how > we get repetitive motion injuries!). After deadline I will try these & > report back. > > Karen > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/fr > amers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/li > stinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
