We know Adobe people monitor this list. Perhaps they've already made note? On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Peter Gold <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is one of those knotty complexities of language that have fascinated > technical writers since those early scribes who wrote "Lorem Ipsum." > > I think she wants to keep the text unchanged, but does want to change the > paragraph format of some paragraphs in which the text can be found with > Edit > Find/Change. > > It's not just this particular need that identifies a long-time shortcoming > of FM's Find/Change feature, namely that it can't refer to the clipboard > for more than one instruction. Probably, it was also designed in the era of > those ancient scribes. > > While MS Word's Find/Change may be smarter than FM's, it's interesting to > note that Adobe already owns a powerful and versatile Find/Change feature > in InDesign. > > Also, included with InDesign is a Find/Change by List script that increases > its power, through the use of repeated searches executed by one click. For > example, a user can create a list of target paragraph tags (AKA "formats" > in FM, "styles" in ID,) to find and change those in which the target text > resides. For lots of info on this ID script, search Google for "find change > by list" with and without quotes (some different results.) > > Perhaps someone on this list would like to write up and submit a product > enhancement request for upgrading FM's Find/Change abilities to equal those > of InDesign here: > https://forums.adobe.com/community/framemaker/framemaker_feature_requests? > view=overview > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Shmuel Wolfson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > She does want to change the text string in a paragraph tagged *with a > > specific format*, without having to keep an eye on the lower-left corner > > of the status bar. > > > > This is an important feature in Word that is missing in FM. > > > > ---------- > > > > On 22-Jun-17 1:18 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > > > > *"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."* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ 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]
