[Basic Paragraph] style name change to NormalParagraphStyle?

i m trying to edit existing paragraph style. i was do it through kEditTextStyleCmdBoss. My problem is : As the command is process the name of [Basic Paragraph] style is changed to NormalParagraphStyle and it is now editable. How i can make its name field again not changable(i.e. preserve its original property)?
Regards
Kannu

Hi,
Have you some solution?
Best regards:
Karoly

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Revision: 4368
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:18:43 -0800 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008)
Log Message:
Style name change: contentColor --> contentBackgroundColor.
QE Notes: Tests using contentColor need to be updated
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: ---
Reviewer: ---
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flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/skins/spark/FxDefaultItemRenderer.mxml
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flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/skins/spark/FxTextInputSkin.mxml
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Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:18:43 -0800 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008)
Log Message:
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QE Notes: Tests using contentColor need to be updated
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: ---
Reviewer: ---
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flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/defaults.css
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/components/ItemRenderer.as
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/flex4/src/mx/skins/spark/FxDefaultItemRenderer.mxml
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My understanding is, [No Paragraph Style] is very much a style—a paradoxically named style to be sure, but a style nonetheless. Check out the [Basic Paragraph] style definition by double clicking on it in the Paragraph Styles panel. It's style definition is: '[No Paragraph Style] + next: [Same style]'. That's it. Minion Pro 12 point, with auto leading—and every other conceivable paragraph attribute—all handled by [No Paragraph Style]. Adobe needed some defaults, and that's what [No Paragraph Style] is—just a default style. You can never escape it either, since every style, no matter what it's based on, has [No Paragraph Style] as its most senior ancestor.
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