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Using styles
A character style is a collection of character formatting attributes that can be applied to a
selected range of text. A paragraph style includes both character and paragraph
formatting attributes, and can be applied to a selected paragraph or range of paragraphs.
Styles can save time when you apply and revise text formatting, and they give your
documents a consistent look. When you change the formatting of a style, all text to which
the style has been applied will be updated with the new format.
Using the Styles palettes
Paragraph styles and character styles are found on separate palettes. However, the
palettes are nearly identical in appearance. When you select text or click an insertion
point, the style that has been applied to that text (if any) is highlighted in the Styles
palette. If you select a range of text covering multiple styles, no style is highlighted in the
Styles palette.
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A. Style name B. Style with additional formatting (overrides) C. Imported style
D. New Style button E. Trash button
To display the Paragraph Styles palette:
Choose Type > Paragraph Styles.
To display the Character Styles palette:
Choose Type > Character Styles.
Creating styles
If the styles you want already exist in another InDesign document, you can import those
styles for use in your current document. You can also import styles from word-processing
applications; see "Working with text import filters" on page
To define a new style:
1 If you want to base your new style on the formatting of existing text, select the text.
2 Do one of the following:
Choose New Style in the Character Styles or Paragraph Styles palette menu.
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Click the Create New Style button in the Character Styles or Paragraph Styles palette.
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To keep the appearance and default name of the new style, skip the remaining steps. To
change the style, double-click the new style name in the palette.
3 For Style Name, type a name for your new style.
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