Operation Manual

136 Working with Text
• Choose Text Style Palette... in the Format menu, and with a
"base" style selected in the dialog, click the Create... button.
2. In the Text Style dialog, define the style Name, the style to be Based
on, Style for the following paragraph, and the style to be changed to
if Increase Level is applied. Check Always list in Studio to ensure
the style will always appear in the Text Styles tab.
3. In the left tree menu change any character or paragraph attributes,
tabs, bullets, and drop caps you want to include in the new style
definition.
4. Click OK to create the style, or Cancel to abandon changes.
To create a new style using the properties of existing text:
1. Format the text as desired.
2. To define a character style, select a range of reformatted text. To
define a paragraph style, deselect text but leave a blinking cursor
(insertion point) within the newly formatted section.
3. Type a new style name into the Text context toolbar's Styles drop-
down list and press Enter.
The new style is defined with the properties of the selected text.
To modify an existing style:
1. From the Text Styles tab:
• Right-click on the character or paragraph style you want to
modify and then choose Modify <style>...
- or -
• With a style selected, pick the Manage Styles button from
the Text Styles tab, then choose the Modify... button.
2. From the Text Style dialog, define (or change) the style name, base
style, and any character or paragraph attributes, tabs, bullets, and drop
caps you want to include in the style definition.