Deleting paragraph format

how to delete paragraph formats in sap scripts

Hai Ram,
                You can create and delete any elements in sap scripts easily.
                If U want to delete a paragraph format just double click on it,
                and click on edit in menu bar and select deete element.
Thanks and regards
sekhar.c

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Hello,
I want to delete a paragraph format at one place/one time in a book for every file in this book.
Is that possible?
Kind regards
Nina

You might want to try Paragraph Tools -- A plug-in for FrameMaker.
With it, you can create a list of all paragraph tags in use for the book. You can delete the tag or tags you don't want. Then you can run the "Remove non-list tags" routine. All the tags still in the list are kept. Any others will be removed from your documents. The whole process should take less than 10 minutes, even if the book is enormous.
Read more about it here: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html
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Replace a paragraph format with another in the every page

I am doing some cleanup before exporting and I don't know much about FrameMaker....
I want to replace the paragraph format ABC with XYZ in every page, how would I do this?
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Try this …
make a back-up just in case
find a paragraph with the style you want to apply (XYZ, in your example)
select Edit > Copy special > Paragraph formatthis copies the format to the clipboard
open the Find/Change dialogue
put the cursor in a paragraph using the format you want to replace (ABC in your example) and select Paragraph tag from the Find pulldownif you're in luck, FM may well read the current format from the cursor position; if not, type it in
select By pasting from the the Change pulldown
click [Change] to see whether the result is what you expect
click [Change all] once you're feeling confident
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I'm working on an FAPI client to translate text in Frame Documents. One of the first things we do is store the formatting for each paragraph,
and then write it back out to the translated document.
However, in one document I'm working on, when my client attempts to get a handle
for one particular paragraph format, it gets a null a handle instead and that formatting is not applied. Instead, formatting from the previous paragraph (namely an obnoxious green font colour!) is being applied.
In order to set the translated text into the document, we delete the content that was originally there. Could that have a role to play?
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I think the answer you are looking for is yes, there can be "formats" in the document that are not in the catalog. However, they aren't really formats at all, because if they were, they would be in the catalog. From an API perspective, all they are is a string property assigned to a paragraph.
With the FDK, format usage can be confusing. You might think that you can just set the FP_Name property for an FO_Pgf object to apply a format, but that is really nothing more than a string that is used for reference later, either by you (the programmer) or the interface (the GUI). To apply a format, you have to find the format object (FO_PgfFmt) itself, capture its settings, then apply them to the FO_Pgf (I gather you know this already). It's important to remember, though, that you aren't really creating any kind of link between the format object and the paragraph; rather, you are just transfering the settings from one to another. Incidentally, both types of objects have an FP_Name property, so when you transfer the properties from the format to the pgf, that name gets transferred as well. This presents the illusion that there is some intrinsic link between the two afterwards, but it really was nothing but a string property transfer.
The problem you are having is that this FP_Name property was somehow set with a value that doesn't reflect an actual format in the catalog. This could have been done with the FDK, of course, but there are a number of ways to do it in the interface as well. One of the simplest ways is to open the paragraph designer, "create" a new format, but deselect the option to add it to the catalog. The paragraph will then maintain the assignment of this "format," but it doesn't really exist. It's just the FP_Name property amidst the zillions of other paragraph-related properties.
Others have suggested that format overrides might be the cause, but I don't think that is quite applicable in your case. You should still be able to retrieve an FO_PgfFmt object by name, if it existed. Your problem is that the format doesn't exist. Note that in the interface, both a non-existent format and an paragraph with format overrides will show with an asterisk in the toolbar, adding to the possible confusion here.
Solution? I think you'll need to clean up your docs You can do this with the FDK by seeking out any paragraph with an imaginary formats, then creating a new FO_PgfFmt object with the respective properties. Or, better yet, do it once manually and be done with it.
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Unknown Paragraph format in Upgrade Project

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I've set the styles sheet to be one of own on the smartform but when I go into a text element, highlight the text (in new word-style editor) and select the paragraph setting (I see the text change to the new font, size etc), press save and then look again at the text element, the setting has reverted to the *Default Paragraph.
I've tried setting the style sheet directly on the text element but it doesn't work. I've also tried changing the editor to be the old sapscript one so I can enter the 2 digit paragraph format in myself but I get the message "Style xxxx not available" where xxx if the name of my style sheet.
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Hi,
Mention the style name in the Form Attributes in the top in its Output Options.
Then delete the text node and create again.
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Deleting paragraph tags that are in use is allowed in FM 9!

Has anyone besides me noticed that FM 9 allows you delete a paragraph tag in a document even though the paragraph tag is in use? I've found that the result of deleting the tag is that text with that tag is unaffected and even still has the deleted tag applied to it. However, the tag is no longer selectable from the paragraph tag list. FM8 would prompt would warn you that its in use before you attempt to delete it.
The above behavior is at least the case for documents that I've used that were originally created in FM 8. Anyway, this lack of warning makes it darn impossible to efficiently remove unused tags from a document.
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kdeuler wrote:
Has anyone besides me noticed that FM 9 allows you delete a paragraph tag in a document even though the paragraph tag is in use? I've found that the result of deleting the tag is that text with that tag is unaffected and even still has the deleted tag applied to it. However, the tag is no longer selectable from the paragraph tag list. FM8 would prompt would warn you that its in use before you attempt to delete it.
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I'm not sure why you think that FM8 has been different… it isn't. Every version of FM has always allowed to delete paragraph styles, no matter if they are used or not. Paragraphs using the (deleted) format are now shown with an asterisk, like an overidden format, while keeping all attributes.
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Paul

Paul_RS wrote:
When I pull down the menu of paragraph formats I see a HUGE number of them scrolling down beyond my screen. God forbid I should ever have to choose one that begins with a letter late in the alphabet. Help files mention a catalog window but I have looked everywhere for this mythical thing and can't find it. If I do find this catalog, can I delete all the tags I don't need for this one document without losing them permanently for all documents? Can I set preferences to have new documents list just a few of my favorites without dealing with this enormous cumbersome list every time?
Using FM 9.0.
Thanks for your help!
Paul
Hi, Paul:
Paragraph, character, and table format definitions are stored in each file.
To delete formats from the paragraph or character format catalog, open the catalog with Format > Paragraphs > Catalog, or Format > Characters > Catalog, click Delete** to open the deletion dialog box, select a format by clicking a visible format name, by navigating through the list with arrow keys, or by typing the initial letter of a format's name. Repeatedly typing the same initial moves through the formats that begin with that letter. Click Delete to "nominate" the selected format for deletion. You can't select multiple formats in the list by Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click. Click Done to perform the actual deletion, or Cancel if you change your mind.
An alternate way to open the format deletion dialog box is by clicking the Delete option that appears by clicking the Commands button in the Paragraph, Character, and Table designers.
To assure that you don't lose formats you may want to use at another time, save a copy of the file with a descriptive name, such as "AllFormatsInTheKnownUniverse.fm." You can delete all the content to unclutter the file, without losing the formats. You can import formats from one file to another, or from one file to multiple files in a book. Search Google for "framemaker import formats" without quotes for information at Adobe forums, in FrameMaker Help, and from other sources.
**Note that pressing Delete to open the deletion dialog box does not delete the format that's selected in the catalog.
One way to eliminate all the unused formats from a catalog is to use File > Utilities > Create and Apply Formats. BEWARE: it's dangerous; read up on it in Help, and save a copy of your file before using. You'll find unfamiliar format names in the catalog this creates, such as Mapping Table Title and some others; they're from items on Master and Reference Pages.
Better and safer than Create and Apply Formats are the excellent inexpensive tools for maintaining paragraph and character format catalogs from siliconprairiesoftware.com.
The table format catalog is only visible in the Table Designer (Table > Table Designer.)
HTH
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Peter
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Hi All,
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Thanks&Regards
Mahesh

Hi
When we create a smartform we can see in global settings , form attributes.
In form attributes we set the over all style of the smartform. Goto form attributes and open the tab output options. Here you can see the Style box. In this style box we enter the smartstyle created in transaction code smartstyles.
Open transaction smartstyles.
Create a new style.
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Fonts
Tabs
Numbering and outline
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For SAPscript INCLUDE TEXT, how to align as Paragraph format

Hi experts and ABAP colleagues!
Need your help on this sapscript problem:
How to align texts taken from "INCLUDE TEXT" in SAPscript, according to tab defined in Paragraph Format?
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However the text prints at the leftmost instead of at the 2nd col position - (8th char tab defined in par. format BG). Hence it is not aligned to its proper heading. Line Number instead of Description - which is not okay for client view that needs these Thai texts.
The technical details I included below. Kindly examine:
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/E   ITEM_TEXT
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public String padR(String src, String padChar, int len)
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i am doubt with the tabs for paragraph format in the script. how actually it work? i try to make change on the tab, but some time even i put a larger value, the space in the output will become smaller, can anyone explain to me how the tab actually work?
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Thanks you very much.
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HARLO,,MY,,WORLD,,!
any i configure the tabs as, 20, 30,15 all in CH
so after the "HARLO, it will have 20 CH of spacing, follow by "MY", 30 spacing, and 'MY" 15 spacing, end with "!"?
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or it works in accumulate way, which include the text display as well?
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i am developing new sapscript form
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ami

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Hi. I've searched the general discussion and did not find this issue.
I have one paragraph format called Bomb that consists of a Wingding character (M) in the Numbering tab that prints a little black bomb in a side head. I combine with format with two other paragraph formats called Caution and Warning. These formats are in column and use a red, bold autonumber (CAUTION, WARNING) followed by a couple of spaces--the text goes immediately after the spaces.
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CAUTION para format: no tabs, Next Para is NoteAft; default font is Verdana; Side Head--Alignment: First Baseline; Numbering tab has Autonumber format checked, CAUTION in text field with RedBold char format; defaults for Advanced and Table Cell tabs.
I press Return and type the text of the CAUTION in the NoteAft style.
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