Open the book AND the file containing the paragraph formats you want to copy into the book.

Select ALL the files in the book (click the book file and type Ctrl+A).

With the BOOK file selected, select File > Import > Formats. In the dialog box, select the file containing the paragraph formats from Import from Document, select Paragraph Formats and any other formats you want to import, and click Import. The paragraph formats stored in the open file are copied into the files selected in the book file. NOTE formats in the target file with the same name as those in the open file are replaced with the new formats; all other formats in the target file are retained - they are NOT deleted.

> I wanted to import the style of the paragraph catalog, ...

Presuming that file tidy.fm has the PgfCat you like, and file messy.fm does not:

1. Open both.
2. In messy.fm:
   Format > Paragraph > Designer
   Commands: Delete Format ...
   [ Delete ] until all are gone.
3. Ditto for Character Formats if desired
4. Still in messy.fm:
   File > Import > Formats
   Source Document: [ tidy.fm ]
   [ Deselect All ]
   [*] Paragraph Formats
   [*] Character Formats
   [Import]

You can delete Pgf & Chr fmts at any time. Text tagged with them just become overrides.

Deleting Xref formats, Variables and Colors will pop dialogs for items tagged with them.

You're welcome.

You can try the plug-in for free and only pay the few dollars if it suits your work's needs.

IMO it's short sighted to avoid a tool that can make your work more efficient, especially if its cost is trivial. A few years ago, someone on techwr-l.com pointed out that the familiar "Lorem Ipsem" placeholder text probably was written by ancient tech writers, known as scribes, in their day, because a loose translation of the pseudo-Latin contains the phrase "we like to beat ourselves with sticks."

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sssuuusssaaannn wrote:

 

Thanks.  You do have an idea of what I want, but I don't know whether the suggested plugin can put the remaining styles into he caalog in the order I want.  Besides, I don't like the idea of having to pay for something, no matter how inexpensive, that IMO should be in the program to begin with.  Thank you for replying though!

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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