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5) To quit the Fill Format mode, click the icon again or press the Esc
key.
Caution
When this mode is active, a right-click anywhere in the
document undoes the last Fill Format action. Be careful not
to accidentally right-click and mistakenly undo actions you
want to keep.
New Style from Selection, Update Style, and Load
Styles functions
The last button in the toolbar of the Styles and Formatting window is a
multipurpose button that gives access to three different functions: New
Style from Selection, Update Style, and Load Styles.
Using New Style from Selection
Use the first function of the multipurpose button to create a new style
from the formatting of an object in the current document. For instance,
you can change the formatting of a paragraph or frame until it appears
as you like, and then you can turn that object’s formatting into a new
style. This procedure can save time because you do not have remember
all the formatting settings you want, as is necessary when creating a
new style with the Style dialog box. Besides, unlike when setting the
formatting parameters in dialog box pages as you will learn to do later,
you can immediately see how the objects will look like when formatted
with the style you are creating.
Follow these steps to create a new style from a selection:
1) Change the formatting of the object (paragraph, frame, etc.) to
your liking.
2) From the icons at the top of the window, choose the type of style
to create (paragraph, character, and so on).
3) In the document, select the item to save as a style.
4) Go back to the Styles and Formatting window and click the New
Style from Selection icon.
In the Create Style dialog box (Figure 170), enter a name for the new
style. The list shows the names of existing custom styles of the selected
type, if any. Click OK to save the new style.
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