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Re: Can anybody tell me how, in FrameMaker, to easily find empty paragraphs?
Subject:Re: Can anybody tell me how, in FrameMaker, to easily find empty paragraphs? From:Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 -at- microtype -dot- com> To:guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com Date:Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:51:29 +0200
Guy,
You wrote:
> Thanks, LL, but that has the same effect that \P\p had for me: none.
> Actually, that's not quite true. Both are finding paragraphs containing
> only a table, but not what appears on my screen as a line containing
> only a paragraph mark.
The problem may is likely related to FrameMaker's Word filter.
See the corresponding entry in my list of "FrameMaker Annoyances",
http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html#FM7WordFilter , for more information
and possible workarounds.
Shlomo Perets
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