User Guide

Working With Type 47
PageMaker 6.5 Intermediate  2001 Cheltenham Computer Training
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Creating
styles
To create a new style:
• From the main menu, choose Window > Show Styles.
• From the Styles palette menu, select the New Style command
OR
click the New Style button.
• In the Name field, enter the desired style name.
• From the Based On drop-down list, select No Style.
• To choose the character attributes that you want, click the Char button
to display the Character Specifications dialog box.
• To choose the paragraph attributes that you want, click the Para
button to display the Paragraph Specifications dialog box.
• To set up the tabs and indents that you want, click Tabs button to
display the Indents/Tabs dialog box.
• To define how you would like the paragraphs to be hyphenated, click
the Hyph button to display the Hyphenation dialog box.
• Click the OK button.
Creating
styles that
apply to the
next
paragraph
you type
To create a style that will apply to the next paragraph you type:
• From the main menu, choose Window > Show Styles.
• From the Styles palette menu, select the New Style command
OR
click the New Style button.
• In the Name field, enter the desired style name.
• From the Based On drop-down list, select the style you want to
precede the Next Style.
• From the Next Style drop-down list, choose the name of the style you
want to follow this paragraph style.
• Click the OK button.
Applying
styles
To apply a style using the Styles palette:
• From the tools palette, selected the Text tool.
• Point and click the mouse in a paragraph you want to format
OR
highlight several paragraphs at once.
• On the Styles palette, click the name of the style you want to apply.
To apply a style using the Control palette:
• From the tools palette, selected the Text tool.
• Point and click the mouse in a paragraph you want to format
OR
highlight several paragraphs at once.
• In the Paragraph View of the Control palette, select the name of the
style you would like to apply.
• Click the Apply button.