Adobe PageMaker 7.0
PageMaker Styles
A style is simply a definition of the type, indents, tabs, and hyphenation settings for a specified paragraphs in your document.
Styles are helpful for documents that have several formatting changes (e.g., titles, section headings, text, lists) and for projects that more than one person is working on. Styles can make documents more consistent and they will save you time (especially if you decide to make global changes to your document).
You are already familiar with much of the work that goes into creating styles because you know how to define your type specifications. There are two basic steps to working with styles:
- Create the style
- Apply the style
As with most programs, planning ahead and thinking about your document can save you a lot of time when creating and modifying your styles. This document contains the following sections:
Creating a Style
You have several options when creating a style. You can define a new style based on an already existing one. While creating a new style, you can also choose a style for the paragraph that will follow it. For example, while defining a Heading 1 style, you can indicate that the paragraph that follows a Heading 1 will have Body Text style.
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From the Type menu, select Define Styles...
The Define Styles dialog box appears.
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Click NEW...
The Style Options dialog box appears.
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In the Name box, type a name for your new style
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OPTIONAL: To define a new style based on an already existing one, from the Based on pull-down list, select the desired existing style
If you like everything about a style except the tab stops, you can change the tabs and give the style a new name - everything else will remain the same. -
OPTIONAL: To select a style for the paragraph following the newly created paragraph style, from the Next style pull-down list, make the desired selection
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Define the style by making the appropriate changes using the following buttons:
CHAR...
Used to define the character specifications including font, type size, leading and enhancements (e.g., boldfacing).
PARA...
Used to define the paragraph specifications including paragraph indents and alignment, space before and after paragraphs, widow/orphan control and page/column break control.
TABS
Used to define the tab settings.
HYPH...
Used to turn hyphenation on and off and for controlling the hyphenation process. -
To close the Style Options dialog box, click OK
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To close the Define Style dialog box, click OK
Applying a Style
Applied styles will affect the text from paragraph return to paragraph return. To apply a style for one complete paragraph, you need to place your insertion point within the paragraph. When you want to apply a style to multiple paragraphs at once, you must select at least one character from each paragraph.
Applying a Style: Menu Option
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Place the insertion point within or highlight the paragraph you want to apply the style to
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From the Type menu, select Style » select the appropriate style
Applying a Style: Style Palette Option
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If necessary, to display the Style Palette, from the Window menu, select Show Styles
The Style Palette appears.
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Place the insertion point within or highlight the paragraph you want to apply the style to
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From the Style Palette, select the appropriate style
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 Type menu, select Define Styles...
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From Style scroll box, select the style that you want to edit
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Click EDIT...
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Make the appropriate changes using the CHAR..., PARA..., TABS..., and HYPH... buttons
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To close the Style Options dialog box, click OK
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To close the Define Style dialog box, click OK
