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to a single word within a paragraph. If you try, then the whole surrounding paragraph
will take on this Style.
Just place the text cursor anywhere on the line and select a Paragraph Style from the
Style menu, and the whole paragraph will take on that Style.
Character Styles, on the other hand, can be applied to any selection of text, from a
single character upwards. For example, if you wanted to highlight certain words in
your text in a different color a Character Style would be ideal. The advantage is that
you can then change the color (or font, etc) of all these highlighted words with a
single Style update.
Paragraph styles can define all text attributes except for bulleted/numbered list
properties. Character styles can only define text attributes that can be applied to
individual characters, such as text color, font size, font weight, etc.
Updating Text Styles
To update a Style definition:
1. Select some text already in the style you want to update.
2. Apply whatever changes you require, say an alternative font, or font size.
3. Select "Update style" from the Style drop-down menu on the Text InfoBar.
For example to change all the "Normal text" to be a different font, select a few words
in the "Normal text" Style, change the font (and any other attribute) and then Select
"Update Style" "Normal text" from the Style Menu on the TextTool InfoBar
Note: When you update a style based on a selection of text, the updated style is re-
applied to the selection. So if you select just a few characters of a Heading 1, say,
and make it a new color, then do an Update Style ‘Heading 1’, the whole paragraph
will take on this new color (because it’s a paragraph style and can only apply to
whole paragraphs).
Styles based on other styles
In Page & Layout Designer, you can base one style upon another. For example, if you
wanted another variant of Heading 2 style, that was identical in every respect, except
a different color, then when you create the new style you would make it based on
"Heading 2" in the
CREATE STYLE dialog. This means that if you update "Heading 2" to
be, for example, a new font or size, your new Style would also take on that new font or
font size.
New Character Styles are typically based on the "Underlying Paragraph Style", but just
with the changes you want. So this means if you have a Character Style that just sets