Text symbol formatting

Hi All,
How can I define format(para) for a particular system symbol. This I later include in my form using Include statement. Text object is text and ID is adrs.
Thanks,

Hi,
Is your question about how to format a standard text (in transaction SO10)?
In the standard text can you reference a style with a commad
/: STYLE ZZZZ, and then can you use the paragrapgs and so from tha style.
The style is managed with transaction SE72.
Regards
Åsa Thenstedt

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Message was edited by: varun sonu

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