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In Corel DESIGNER, styles can contain other styles. A style that contains another style is called a parent; a style that is contained within
another style is called a child. Properties are automatically inherited from the parent; however, you can override inherited properties for a
child and set its own specific properties. When you modify the parent style, the child style is updated automatically. If you set child-specific
attributes, the attributes are no longer related to the parent, so if you modify the parent, the child-specific attributes will not be modified.
The parent-child relationship applies to style sets as well.
You can use child and parent styles in documents where you want objects to share some, but not all, attributes, and you need to make
global changes on a regular basis. For example, if you are working on a long document and you want to have headings and subheadings
with similar formatting, you can create a parent character style for the headings and a child character style for the subheadings. The parent
and the child styles can share the same color and font type but differ in size. If you choose a different color or font type for the parent, both
the headings and the subheadings will be updated automatically. The subheadings, however, will still appear smaller than the headings.
To create a style from an object
1
Using the Pick tool , right-click an object.
2 Choose Object styles, choose New style from, and point to a style type.
A preview shows you what object attributes will be included in the new style.
3 Click a style type.
4 In the New style from dialog box, type a name in the New style name box.
If the Object styles docker is not open, enable the Open object styles docker check box in the New style from dialog box.
You can also create a style from an object by right-clicking the Styles folder in the Object styles docker, choosing New from
selected, and then choosing a style type.
To create a style set from an object
1
Using the Pick tool , right-click an object.
2 Choose Object styles, and point to New style set from.
A preview shows you what object attributes will be included in the new style set.
3 Click New style set from.
4 In the New style set from dialog box, type a name in the New style set name box.
If the Object styles docker is not open, enable the Open object styles docker check box in the New style set from dialog box.
You can also create a style set from an object by dragging the object to the Style sets folder in the Object styles docker. If you drag
the object over an existing style set in the Style sets folder, the attributes of the object replace the attributes of the style set, and all
objects to which the style set has been applied are automatically updated.
To define a style
1
Click Window Object styles.
2
In the Object styles docker, click the New style button , and choose a style type.
The style appears in the Styles folder with a name assigned by the application, for example “Fill 1.”
3 Specify the style attributes that you want.
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