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Working with Property Sets
Property sets are created and managed via the Property SetsThe Property Sets list icon - a small black A in the top left corner and a large blue A in the bottom right corner view.
When you select a property set in the view, the Description field displays the values given to the selected property set.
Creating Property Sets
1. In Arbortext Styler, click the Property SetsThe Property Sets list icon - a small black A in the top left corner and a large blue A in the bottom right corner view tab. The Property Sets list displays in the top portion of the Arbortext Styler window. This list contains all the property sets configured for the stylesheet, if there are any.
2. Choose Insert > Property Set.
This adds a property set named NewPropertySet to the Property Sets list, and it is selected for editing.
3. Provide a descriptive name for the new property set, and press ENTER. The new property set is added to the list in alphabetical order.
4. Specify the formatting properties you want to include in the property set using the property categories in the lower section of the window.
The property set you just created does not display in the Available property sets list from the Property sets category, because a property set may not reference itself.
Editing Property Sets
1. In the Property Sets list, select the property sets you want to edit
2. Make the necessary changes with the property categories in the lower half of the window.
Renaming Property Sets
Renaming property sets allows you to change the name of a property set and all references to it.
1. In Arbortext Styler, choose the Property SetsThe Property Sets list icon - a small black A in the top left corner and a large blue A in the bottom right corner tab.
2. Select the property set you want to rename, and then click on it again.
3. With the property set selected for editing, type the new name, and then press ENTER. The property set is moved to its new alphabetic position in the list
When you rename a property set, Arbortext Styler automatically changes all the references to the new name, including those references in modules associated with the stylesheet. You will see a warning to this effect when you elect to rename a property set:
This is an image of the message asking you if you wish to confirm with the renaming of a property set given that all references to the property set will also change
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If you have edited XSL or FOSI source for an element that references the renamed property set, you must manually change the attribute-set references (XSL) or charsubset references (FOSI) in the edited source to point to the new name.
Deleting Property Sets
You may delete property sets that you no longer need.
1. In the Property SetsThe Property Sets list icon - a small black A in the top left corner and a large blue A in the bottom right corner view, select the property sets you want to delete from the Property Sets list, right click and select Delete.
2. For each property set being deleted, a message displays indicating the number of references to it in the stylesheet.
This is an image of the message confirming the number of occurrences of the property set and the number of references to it in the current stylesheet
Choose Yes or No to confirm whether or not you wish to delete the property and all references to it in the stylesheet, where possible.