User Guide

Creating Paragraph Styles
You can create custom paragraph styles to apply to text. New styles are listed
in the styles drop-down list in the context bar of your document.
1. From the Format menu, select Styles. The Style Management dialog
opens. See Figure 6.4.
2. Click Create Paragraph Style. The Paragraph Style dialog opens. See
Figure 6.6.
3. In the Style group box, enter the new paragraph style name in the blank
text field.
4. In the Units drop-down list, select the units used to determine spacing
and indentation. Select from inches (in), centimeters (cm), or points (pt).
5. Select the properties to use for this paragraph style, such as Spacing, In-
dent, Justification, Bullet Style, Linebreak, and Page Break Before.
6. To add a font style, click Font. The Character Style dialog opens. For
detailed instructions, see Creating Character Styles (page 240).
7. To create the style, click OK, or to abandon creation, click Cancel.
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