Apply a "basic" paragraph style to all text in a book

[pacorramos]

I apologize if this topic has already been discussed (I can't see it anywhere), but I would like to know how to apply a "basic" paragraph style to all text in a book once imported from Word into Publisher.

Is there any "automatic" way to do it?

 

[Old Bruce]

2 hours ago, pacorramos said:

Is there any "automatic" way to do it?

If you mean on import then no. The only reliable way I have found is to import the text (I try to use plain text files) and then using the text cursor place it in amongst the text and Select All (Command + A) then apply the Paragraph Style.

You may have bold and italic and underlined and struck through or some combination carried over from the Word document and this is more work to correct. There are a lot of people who need to have those remain and then there are others who want them removed. Myself, I like to work with plain text files and use text markers within the plain text to mark the italic or bold or whatever. A simple find and replace using the grep function and predefined Character Styles and I am done. But that is me.

[pacorramos]

14 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

If you mean on import then no. The only reliable way I have found is to import the text (I try to use plain text files) and then using the text cursor place it in amongst the text and Select All (Command + A) then apply the Paragraph Style.

You may have bold and italic and underlined and struck through or some combination carried over from the Word document and this is more work to correct. There are a lot of people who need to have those remain and then there are others who want them removed. Myself, I like to work with plain text files and use text markers within the plain text to mark the italic or bold or whatever. A simple find and replace using the grep function and predefined Character Styles and I am done. But that is me.

Good advice! Many thanks!