Cutting, Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Properties
Arbortext Styler enables you to cut, copy, paste, and delete sets of formatting properties via the > menu. The properties of the following objects can be cut, copied, and pasted between other objects:
• Contexts
• Conditions
• Property sets
Copying and Pasting Properties
1. In Arbortext Editor, open your document and use the Styler menu to open a stylesheet.
2. In Arbortext Styler, click on the plus sign ( + ) beside the element with the context or condition properties you want to copy in the Elements list. The element's contexts and associated conditions are displayed.
If you wish to copy the properties configured for a property set, select that property set in the Property Sets list and proceed to the next step in this procedure.
3. In the Elements list, select the context or conditions for which you want to copy the associated properties.
4. Select > > to copy the selected context or condition's properties.
5. In the Elements list, select the element context or condition to which you wish to paste the copied properties.
6. Select > > . The Paste Properties dialog box opens.
7. Indicate the property uses for which you would like to replace the properties for the selected context or condition in the Paste Properties dialog box and close the dialog box.
Arbortext Styler pastes the copied properties into the selected uses.
Cutting and Pasting Properties
1. In Arbortext Editor, open your document and use the Styler menu to open a stylesheet.
2. In Arbortext Styler, click on the plus sign ( + ) beside the element with the context or condition properties you want to cut in the Elements list.
The element's contexts and associated conditions are displayed.
If you wish to cut the properties configured for a property set, select that property set in the Property Sets list and proceed to the next step in this procedure.
3. Select the object for which you want to cut the associated properties.
4. Select > > . All properties for the selected object are reset to 0 or no value.
5. Select the element context or condition to which you want to paste the cut properties in the Elements list.
6. Select > > . The Paste Properties dialog box opens.
7. Indicate the property uses for which you would you like to use the cut properties for the selected context or condition in the Paste Properties dialog box and close the dialog box.
Arbortext Styler pastes the cut properties into the selected use(s).
Moving Element Properties to a Property Set
In this procedure, properties for an element context or condition are moved to a new property set that is referenced by the original context or condition.
1. In Arbortext Editor, open your document and use the Styler menu to open a stylesheet.
2. In Arbortext Styler, click on the plus sign ( + ) beside the element with the context or condition properties you want to move in the Elements list.
The element's contexts and associated conditions are displayed.
3. Select the context or condition for which you want to move the associated properties.
4. Select > > . All properties for the selected object are reset to 0 or no value.
5. Select the Property Sets list to display a list of the property sets current configured for the stylesheet.
6. Select > to create a new property set.
7. Enter the name of the new property set in the Property Set field.
8. Select > > . the properties of the selected property set are reset to the values cut from the original context or condition.
9. Select the Elements list to display elements configured for the stylesheet. Note that the element from which you cut the properties is still selected in the list, although it has no formatting properties specified.
10. Go to the Property sets category.
11. Select the new property set in the list of Available property sets and click Add to add it to the list of Used property sets.
Be sure to set the Outputs to edit field appropriately before doing this step, to ensure that the property set is only used for the element in certain output circumstances.
Note that if the selected context or condition has properties for multiple uses and you want each of those uses to reference a property set, you must repeat steps 6 through 13 to create a property set for each of those uses.
Deleting Properties
1. In Arbortext Editor, open your document and use the Styler menu to open a stylesheet.
2. In Arbortext Styler, open the Elements list. Click on the plus sign ( + ) beside the element with the context or condition whose properties you want to cut. The element's contexts and associated conditions are displayed.
Note that you could also view and select a property set for this operation.
If you wish to delete the properties configured for a property set, select that property set in the Property Sets list and proceed to the next step in this procedure.
3. Select the object for which you want to delete the associated properties.
4. Select > > . Arbortext Styler deletes the properties for the selected uses.