If you want to base a new style on the formatting
of existing text, select that text or place the insertion point
in it.
If a group is selected in the Styles panel, the new style
will be part of that group.
Choose New Paragraph Style from the Paragraph Styles
panel menu, or choose New Character Style from the Character Styles
panel menu.
For Style Name, type a name for your new style.
For Based On, select which style the current style is
based on.
Note: The Based On option lets you link styles to each other,
so that changes in one style ripple through the styles that are
based on it. By default, new styles are based on [No Paragraph Style]
or [None], or on the style of any currently selected text.
For Next Style (Paragraph Styles panel only), specify
which style is applied after the current style when you press Enter
or Return.
To add a keyboard shortcut, position the insertion point
in the Shortcut box, and make sure Num Lock is turned on. Then hold
down any combination of Shift, Alt, and Ctrl (Windows),
or Shift, Option, and Command (Mac OS),
and press a number on the numeric keypad. You cannot use letters
or non-keypad numbers for defining style shortcuts.
If you want the new style to be applied to the selected
text, select Apply Style To Selection.
To specify the formatting attributes, click a category
(such as Basic Character Formats) on the left, and specify the attributes
you want to add to your style.
When specifying a Character Color in the
Style Options dialog box, you can create a new color by double-clicking
the fill or stroke box.
For character styles, attributes you do not specify are
ignored; when the style is applied, text will retain the paragraph
style formatting for that attribute. To remove an attribute setting
from a character style:
From a setting’s menu, choose (Ignore).
In a text box, delete the option text.
In a check box, click until you see a small box
(Windows) or a hyphen (-) (Mac OS).
For a character color, hold down Ctrl (Windows)
or Command (Mac OS) and click the color swatch.
When you’ve finished specifying the formatting attributes,
click OK.
Styles you create appear only in the current document.
If no document is open, the styles you create will appear in all
new documents.
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No screen name
said on
Apr 10, 2008
at
11:21 AM :
Why is it so difficult to find out how to set a style as the default style? I would think that would be a pretty basic function lots of designers and typesetters need. For some reason, my default style is color indented bullets. I don't want that. I want "normal", however, that seems to be impossible.
I have found quite a few instanes in CS3 where the simple, what should be obvious, directions just aren't there.
Bob - Adobe Writer
said on
Apr 10, 2008
at
11:28 AM :
Setting the default style is the same as setting other defaults. To set the default style for a document, make sure nothing is select and click the style you want to use as the default. To set the default style for all new documents, close all documents and click the style.
No screen name
said on
Nov 25, 2008
at
9:29 AM :
When I try to add a keyboard shortcut to a character style, it doesn't let me enter any information at all. Is there something I am missing?
No screen name
said on
Dec 2, 2008
at
12:30 PM :
> When I try to add a keyboard shortcut to a character style, it doesn't let me enter any information at all.
Same problem here. Why can't I enter a shortcut for a para/char style? Yours Memex
Bob Bringhurst - Adobe
said on
Dec 2, 2008
at
1:08 PM :
I can't shortcuts to work either. I'll look into it.
putri-984
said on
Dec 9, 2008
at
10:18 PM :
I am going bonkers as well trying to add a shortcut to a character style in InDesign CS3. It won't let me enter anything into the field EXCEPT for Option ~ or Option u or Option i. Unfortunately the moment I move to another field or press OK, it disappears ?!
Any solutions?
Initially I was hoping to find a way to select non-linear/vertical text or even selecting multiple lines of text because I have created an 80 page document filled with data tables created with tabs. I need to bold one column of text but since the tables are created with tabs it's such a meticulous job!!
When specifying a Character Color in the
Style Options dialog box, you can create a new color by double-clicking
the fill or stroke box.
Bob - Adobe Writer
said on
Apr 10, 2008
at
11:28 AM :
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