Text Formatting

[B-Man]

I have a file that is going to be used to generate custom and standard letters. If the user wants a custom letter they simply select the letter field and type the letter. If they want a standard letter I have a drop menu that they choose the standard letter they want. It will then via a script copy the contents of a global text field which contains the Formatted letter and pastes it into the letter field. The problem I am having is that in the global field I have everything formatted the way I need it, but when it pastes the letter it loses the alignment formating that I have setup. The bold and the italics and underline stays but not the alignment. I have tried using Set Field and copy and paste but none seem to work.

Any suggestions?

BTW this is on a Mac.

Thanks,

Brian

[jwmickelson]

I've tested in my own solution and you are so very right, This IS a problem and thought I've never run into it in my own solution, it could prove VERY problematic to many people. I suggest you HOUND FileMaker to get their input on this...

The very nature of copy is used to maintain the user's entered formatting, and Alignment is an integral part of this!

Best of luck, chalk another one up to version 6.0 and another $250.00 we'll need to spend.

-Jonathan

[Vaughan]

The problem is that the FIELD contains the paragraph formatting, in the form of the (empty) paragraph.

You formatted it in the global field, right? Just make sure that the field it is pasted into has had the same paragraph formatting applied on the layout it will be printed from.

It's not a bug: Word will do the same thing when pasting between documents.