2018

TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
188 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
Name: Enter a name in this field, or the application will use the default “New•
Style Sheet” name.
Keyboard Equivalent: To define a keyboard command for the style sheet, enter•
one in the Keyboard Equivalent field. You can enter any combination of
Command, Option, Shift, or Control/Ctrl or Ctrl+Alt, along with a function or
keypad key.
Based On: To base the attributes of a new style sheet on an existing one, choose•
a style sheet from the Based On drop-down menu.
Next, choose character attributes from the lower section of the Edit Character Style
Sheet dialog box. When you’re done, click OK to return to the Style Sheets dialog
b
ox, then click Save to save the style sheet. After you save a character style sheet, it
is listed in the Character Style Sheet submenu (Style menu) and also in the Style
Sheets palette.
Updating character style sheets
When you select text that has uniform local formatting applied, you can update the
style sheet applied to that text to include the local formatting by clicking the
Update button . Alternatively, you can choose Style > Update Style Sheet >
Character.
To update both the paragraph style sheet and the character style sheet applied to
text so that they reflect local formatting, choose Style > Update Style Sheet > Both.
Applying style sheets
To apply a style sheet to selected text, do one of the following things:
Choose the style sheet name from the Style > Paragraph Style Sheet submenu•
or the Style > Character Style Sheet submenu.
Display the Style Sheets palette (Window menu) and then click the style sheet•
name in the palette.
Use the keyboard command (if any) displayed next to the style sheet name in•
the Style Sheets palette.
In addition, the Style Sheets palette menu and the context menu for style sheets
provide the following options:
Apply Style Sheet & Retain Local Type Styles: Applies the selected style sheet,•
leaving only local type styles (such as bold and italic) intact.
Apply Style Sheet & Retain Local Type Styles & OpenType Styles: Applies the•
selected style sheet, leaving both local type styles (such as bold and italic) and
OpenType styles intact.
Apply Style Sheet & Remove Local Formatting: Applies the selected style sheet•
and removes all local formatting. Equivalent to Option/Alt-clicking the style
sheet name.
Apply Style Sheet & Remove Local Paragraph Formatting: Applies the selected•
style sheet and removes only local paragraph formatting. All local character
formatting is left intact.