Datasheet

To format the rst
paragraph of this
story, place the text
cursor in it and
open Quick Apply.
Type a few leers
in the style name,
and then press
Return or Enter.
e paragraph style
species the font
and uppercase
format. e nested
line style applies
bright blue to the
rst line. e
nested style applies
the darker blue to
the rst “word” (in
this case, the
number 17).
apply that character style to the rst
line of the paragraph.
Working with 
 is a set of codes that lets you
dene a text pattern—for instance,
all words that begin with “a” and end
with “e.” You can use  to search
for and replace text based on patterns
by choosing Edit > Find/Change
and then clicking the  tab of the
Find/Change dialog box. InDesign
Help lists all the  codes; alter-
natively, you can choose from the
options in the Special Characters For
Search menu in the dialog box.
If you want to save a Find/Change
query, you can click the Save Query
button, and then later recall it from
the Query pop-up menu.
InDesign can also apply text styles
to text inside a paragraph based on
 patterns. You could use this fea-
ture, for example, to change the font
or color of any text inside brackets in
the paragraph.
To create a  style, choose 
Styles from the Control panel menu
(or the  Style pane of the Para-
graph Style Options dialog box,
when you’re dening a paragraph
style). en click New  Style,
choose a character style from the
Apply Style pop-up menu (if you
haven’t dened a character style yet,
you can choose New Character Style
from the pop-up menu), and type the
 code into the To Text eld.
Bullets and numbering
You can add bullets or sequential
numbering to selected paragraphs by
clicking the Paragraph Formatting
Controls icon in the Control panel
and then clicking either the Bulleted
List ( ) or Numbered List ( )
icon. To control formatting, styles,
or positioning of the bullets or num-
bers, choose Bullets And Numbering
from the Control panel menu.
You can apply automatic bullets
or numbers as part of a paragraph
style by choosing the Bullets And
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