Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Kristen Abbott]

Couple things I forgot to mention:

If you want to clean one file then import those formats, you still need
to delete all the tags from your other files first. Otherwise I think it
will just add to the list, not scrub it.

Then either do the import or use the 'Create and apply formats' menu
item in those files.

And you might see a whole bunch of "Mapping Table " tags. Those are
used on the Reference Pages, and you can safely delete them all.

-Kristen Abbott

Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Kristen Abbott]

Hi,

It's not a batch file, but what I do is open the Paragraph Catalog
and/or Character Catalog and delete everything. Yup! Nuke it all.

Then I do this:

File > Utilities > Create and apply formats

It goes through and re-creates only the styles used in that FM file. If
you have any tags with overrides, they show up in the list with the name
of the tag they are based on, and an incremental number, such as Body,
Body1, Body2, etc. You can then re-apply the base tag, or keep the
override (or create a new tag for it).

To clean up the other book files, you can then either do the same thing
in all the other files in the book, or keep this file open, open the
other files, and do File > Import > Formats, selecting the cleaned-up
file to import from.

I use FM8.  YMMV.

-Kristen Abbott

RE: Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Kristen Abbott]

Couple things I forgot to mention:

If you want to clean one file then import those formats, you still need
to delete all the tags from your other files first. Otherwise I think it
will just add to the list, not scrub it.

Then either do the import or use the 'Create and apply formats' menu
item in those files.

And you might see a whole bunch of "Mapping Table " tags. Those are
used on the Reference Pages, and you can safely delete them all.

-Kristen Abbott

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RE: Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Kristen Abbott]

Hi,

It's not a batch file, but what I do is open the Paragraph Catalog
and/or Character Catalog and delete everything. Yup! Nuke it all.

Then I do this:

File > Utilities > Create and apply formats

It goes through and re-creates only the styles used in that FM file. If
you have any tags with overrides, they show up in the list with the name
of the tag they are based on, and an incremental number, such as Body,
Body1, Body2, etc. You can then re-apply the base tag, or keep the
override (or create a new tag for it).

To clean up the other book files, you can then either do the same thing
in all the other files in the book, or keep this file open, open the
other files, and do File > Import > Formats, selecting the cleaned-up
file to import from.

I use FM8.  YMMV.

-Kristen Abbott

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Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Flato, Gillian  
wrote:
> I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
> paragraph and character formats that aren't used. Does anyone know of a
> batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
> and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> 
>
> Gillian Flato
>
> Technical Writer (Software)
>
> nanometrics
>
> 1550 Buckeye Dr.
>
> Milpitas, CA. 95035
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Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Joseph]

Hi Gillian,

There are two different plugins that do this, each with slightly different
functionality. First, you can try the Character and Paragraph tools at
http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Downloads.html.  These tools will scan
every FM file in your and then delete any unused character and paragraph
formats. I have used these tools with success. You would probably want to
use this if you are only doing template maintenance.

Second, there is CleanImport at
http://www.electropubs.com/ez_cleanimport3.html. This tool deletes all
paragraph and character tag names, table definitions, cross-reference
formats, conditional text tags, master pages, reference pages, and variable
definitions from the current document, then allows you to import formats
from a selected template. You would probably want to use this tool if you
are completely redoing your template.

-- 
Sincerely,

Joseph Lorenzini

Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[John Sgammato]

Clean Import from ElectroPubs
http://www.electropubs.com/ez_cleanimport3.html 

You clean up one file, and then use this tool to import fparas to all others. 
It imports only the tags that are in use.
john



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Subject: Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles



I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
paragraph and character formats that aren't used. Does anyone know of a
batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?


Thank you,



<mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com>

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr.

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Flato, Gillian  wrote:
> I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
> paragraph and character formats that aren't used. Does anyone know of a
> batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
> and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> 
>
> Gillian Flato
>
> Technical Writer (Software)
>
> nanometrics
>
> 1550 Buckeye Dr.
>
> Milpitas, CA. 95035
>
> (408.545.6316
>
> 7  408.232.5911
>
> * gfl...@nanometrics  .com
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RE: Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

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You clean up one file, and then use this tool to import fparas to all others. 
It imports only the tags that are in use.
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I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
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batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?


Thank you,



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Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr.

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(408.545.6316

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Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Flato, Gillian]

I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
paragraph and character formats that aren't used. Does anyone know of a
batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?


Thank you,



 

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gflato at nanometrics  .com
 

Batch file for deleting paragraph and character styles

[Flato, Gillian]

I just inherited a manual from another office. It's filled with tons of
paragraph and character formats that aren't used. Does anyone know of a
batch file or plugin that will let me delete all of the unused paragraph
and character formats in a book file and the chapter files within it?
 

Thank you,

 

 

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gfl...@nanometrics  .com
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