Style catalogs

Introduction

Adobe FrameMaker offers enhanced features to manage and apply paragraph, character, and table styles. This is possible with the respective catalogs. By default, a catalog shows all styles in the current document. You can set which styles you want to see in the catalog. Catalogs also help in applying and managing styles.

FrameMaker marks the used style in a catalog. The unused styles are unmarked. This usage information is not updated as soon as you apply the styles in the document. Clicking Refresh Catalog in the catalog, updates the usage information. The latest usage information is also updated when opening a document.

Configure which styles are shown in a Style Catalog

To configure the styles that are visible in a Style catalog and change their order, do the following:

1. Open a (paragraph, character, or table) catalog and click Options. The Set Available Formats dialog is displayed.

2. Select one of the following:

   • Select Show All, to see all available styles.

   • Select Show used before unused, to see used styles before unused styles in the catalog.

   • Select Show only used formats, to hide unused styles in the catalog, but retain them in the document.

   • Select Show only unused formats, to hide used styles in the catalog, but retain them in the document.

   • Select Delete all unused formats, to delete all unused styles from the current document, without warning or confirmation.

   • Select Customized List, and click Edit to customize which formats the Catalog shows and in which order.

3. Styles being used in the current document are marked in the catalog. While editing the document, the usage status might not get updated automatically. To refresh the list click Refresh Catalog.

Delete styles

To delete styles from a document catalog, do the following:

• Open the catalog if not already open.

  • Choose View > Panels > Paragraph Catalog to open the Paragraph Catalog.

  • Choose View > Panels > Character Catalog to open the Character Catalog.

  • Choose View > Panels > Table Catalog to open the Table Catalog.

• Click Delete.

• In the Delete Formats from Catalog window, select a format and delete it.

• Click OK to delete the styles from the document or close the window to undo the operation.