Is there a fast way to wrap unstructured text into [Para] tags?

I'm trying out my new Frame 12 by trying to produce an ebook in several formats. I'm using the out-of-copyright Agatha Christie's A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES.
Is there a fast way to wrap each paragraph with a [Para] tag?
Thanks in advance.

Wow, Russ, leave it to an FDK programmer to want to write a script or plugin to solve every problem! And FM does indeed have native functionality that addresses this situation. The conversion tables (see the Structured Application Developer Reference) that you mention in passing were designed to handle exactly this situation. Except that a conversion table operates on an unstructured rather than a partially structured document. So, all TdeV1 need do is:
1. Create a new document from the chosen sample.
2. Delete all content, including the root element.
3. Paste the original, unstructured paragraphs.
4. Use StructureTools > Generate Conversion Table to create a new coversion table.
5. Complete the table as follows:
Wrap this object or object
In this element
With this qualifier
P:
Para
Para+
Section
Section
Chapter
6. Save the conversion table but leave it open.
7. In the original document, use StructureTools > Utiltities > Structure Current Document.
8. Create the needed Head elements for the Chapter and Section.
Another alternative, available since FM 11, is Smart Paste. Recall that Smart Paste allows the user to copy material from web pages and Microsoft Office products such as Word and paste it into FM. Yes, in general, there is a significant amount of setup to prepare for using Smart Paste. However, Smart Paste is supported out of the box for DITA. So TdeV1 could do the following:
1. If the content originated in Word, open the Word document and copy the paragraphs to the clipboard.
2. Use DITA > New DITA File > New <topic> to create a new DITA document.
3. Click in the <body> element to set an insertion point within that element.
4. Use Edit > Smart Paste. FM will paste the content, converting each paragraph to a <p>.
5. Copy the resulting <p> elements to the clipboard.
6. Paste the <p> elements into the actual document.
7. Select the <p> elements and use the Element Catalog (or Ctrl-3 to bring up the Smart Catalog for changing elements) to change them to <Para> elements.
However the structured document is created, while this sample template is appropriate for initial experimentation with structured FM, it is intended for technical material and not optimal for fiction. To get the most out of a structured document for production work, it's almost always necessary to define elements and attributes appropriate to the particular project.
    --Lynne

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