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This dialog shows I am creating a NewStyle2, that is a Paragraph Style and based on
no other style. The lower section lists all the attributes that make up this Style, so you
can see I’ve used Palatino font, 12px in size and it has a margin indent. The remaining
attributes listed here have also been taken from selected text, so this Style consists of
a complete definition, listing all possible text attributes.
In this case when entering text in this Style, the ‘Next paragraph’ (i.e. when Return is
pressed) will be in the same style again.
Deleting Styles - Styles that are not used anywhere in a document are automatically
deleted when you save and re-load a document. However the default styles (Normal
text and Heading 1 to 3) are never deleted.
Removing Styles
The STYLES list in the STYLES menu includes the entry NO STYLE. Selecting this
removes the Style (paragraph and/or character Style) from the selection and also
resets the selected text back to default formatting.
Style Properties
If you want to change the definition of a style, such as the style it’s based on, or just
look at its definition, use the
PROPERTIES… option in the style menu. You need to select
some text that has the style applied before you do this, to indicate the style you want
to edit.
The
STYLE PROPERTIES dialog appears, which looks the same as the CREATE STYLE
dialog shown above.
The style description at the bottom of the dialog describes how the style differs from
the style on which it is based. So if you want to see all of the style’s attributes, just
temporarily select
NO STYLE from the BASED ON list, to see a full description. Don’t
forget to reset this to the correct
BASED ON style, or click cancel in this dialog, if you
don’t want to change the style!
Indents and Outdents
Indent a paragraph of text.
Outdent a paragraph of text.