How To Fix TD843 - Format '&' has already been marked as dominant

TD843 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TD - SAPscript: Text editor, composer, forms, styles and fonts

• Message number: 843

• Message text: Format '&' has already been marked as dominant

What causes this issue?

More than one source format which is dominant is to be mapped to a
target format.

How to fix this error?

When an MS Word document template is generated, the format information
from the style sheet, the leader of the RTF file, is evaluated. All
characters and paragraphs marked as dominant in the conversion are
entered in this style sheet with the formats they have in
SAP<ZK>script</>.
Several SAP<ZK>script</> formats can be mapped to a single Word format,
however the formatting information is taken from the format which has
the "dominant" flag. For this reason, there can only be one dominant
source format which is used to create the document template under a
particular target format name.
In this case, it is not known from which SAP<ZK>script</> format the
attributes for the target format are to be taken. Therefore assign
<ZH>just one</>
SAP<ZK>script</> format in the conversion the flag "dominant".

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message TD843 - Format '&' has already been marked as dominant ?

  The SAP error message TD843, which states "Format '&' has already been marked as dominant," typically occurs in the context of SAPscript or Smart Forms when there is an issue with the formatting of text elements or the definition of formats in your print layout.
  
  Cause:
  The error is usually caused by:
  
  Duplicate Format Definitions: The format you are trying to define has already been set as dominant in the system. In SAPscript or Smart Forms, a format can only be marked as dominant once.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be a misconfiguration in the way formats are defined or used in your forms or scripts.
  Inconsistent Use of Formats: If multiple elements are trying to use the same format and one of them is already marked as dominant, this error will occur.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the TD843 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Format Definitions:
  
  Go to the transaction code for maintaining formats (e.g., SE71 for SAPscript or