Re: Redefine character format

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From: Ron
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:19

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<joH@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I need to change a character format which is currently Courier 10pt to
> adapt the font size of the underlying paragraph format, e.g. Courier 12pt
> for body text and Courier 10pt for table text, Courier 9 pt in footnotes
> and so on.
> 
> When I update the character format with Size set to as-is, existing
> instances stay at 10pt, which is only consequent as the text was 10pt
> before. Is there a way to change the format to use the paragraph default
> font size for all existing instances with less effort than applying
> formats again to all instances?
> 
> Using FM 8.0p277 on Windows XP.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice. joH

You could create a new format with a different name, then apply the new
format to all instances of the old one with search/replace.

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Subject: Re: Redefine character format
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