Adobe InDesign CS3
Working with Styles
Styles are an excellent way to format text and paragraphs within your document. Using styles allows you to format with a single click, rather than individually changing each element of your text. This document discusses the application and modification of styles that you have already created. For more information about creating your own styles, please see Creating Styles.
Applying a Style
Applying Paragraph Styles
Applied styles will affect the text from paragraph return to paragraph return. To apply a style to one complete paragraph, place your insertion point within the paragraph. To apply a style to multiple paragraphs at once, select at least one character from each paragraph.
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From the Toolbox, select the Type Tool
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If the Paragraph Styles palette is not already displayed, from the Type menu, select Paragraph Styles
NOTE: A check mark appears next to Paragraph Styles when the Paragraph Styles palette is displayed.
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On the Dock, click PARAGRAPH STYLES
The Paragraph Styles palette appears.
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To apply a style to a single paragraph, place the insertion point in the desired paragraph
To apply a style to multiple paragraphs at once, select at least one character from each paragraph in which you want the style applied -
In the Paragraph Styles palette, click the desired style name
NOTE: If you have not yet created any Paragraph Styles, [Basic Paragraph] will be your only option
Applying Character Styles
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From the Toolbox, select the Type Tool
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If the Character Styles palette is not already displayed, from the Type menu, select Character Styles
NOTE: A check mark appears next to Character Styles when the Character Styles palette is displayed.
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On the Dock, click CHARACTER STYLES
The Character Styles palette appears.
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Select the character(s) to which you want the styles applied
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In the Character Styles palette, click the desired style name
NOTE: If you have not yet created any Character Styles, [None] will be your only option
Editing a Style
You may decide later that the specifications originally set for a style are not what you want. You can edit the style so that the change you make occurs for every instance of that style in your document.
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From the Toolbox, select the Type Tool
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Deselect any text or paragraphs before editing styles
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In the Character Styles or Paragraph Styles palette, select the style to be changed
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Click MENU
» select Style Options...
The Character Style Options or the Paragraph Style Options dialog box appears. -
Make the desired changes
For more information on options, refer to Creating a Character Style or Creating a Paragraph Style. -
When finished, click OK
Deleting a Style
If you no longer want a style, it can easily be deleted. The text that is based on that style will be replaced with the style of your choice.
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From the Toolbox, select the Type Tool
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In the Character Styles or Paragraph Styles palette, select the style to be deleted
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In the lower-right corner of the palette, click DELETE SELECTED STYLE/GROUPS
The Delete Character/Paragraph Style dialog box appears.
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From the Replace With pull-down list, select the style you would like to replace text that currently uses the style being deleted
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To delete the style, click OK
To keep the style, click CANCEL
