Hi, Charles: You can rename paragraph formats across a book's files using only FM's tools, this way:
* Before proceeding, from the book window, perform Shift+File > Open All Files In Book, if they're not already open. Then, perform Shift+File > Save All Files In Book. * Click in a paragraph whose format you want to rename. * In the Paragraph Tag box of the Paragraph Designer, type the new name and click Apply. * Check Store in Catalog and Apply to Selection. The paragraph format now has the new name and the old properties. * Copy the paragraph format with Edit > Copy Special > Paragraph Format. The format is copied to the clipboard. * With a selection in any book file or the book window, use Edit > Find/Change > Find > Paragraph Tag and type in the old format name exactly (spaces, symbols, punctuation, comma, capitalization, etc) * Choose Change > By Pasting * Select Look In > Book * Try a few find/replace operations manually to see that things are working correctly. If all's OK, Click Change All to propagate the change across all the files in the book. * Do some spot checks in the chapters to verify the results. When you approve, from the book window, perform Shift+File > Save All Files In Book. If you have many files that are in different books, or are not in books at all, you can create a new book to contain them all, just for the purpose of changing the formats. Perform the Find/Change across the files, BUT don't update the book, to avoid changing any properties that are set in other books or individual chapters. HTH Regards, Peter __________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices