Operation Manual

Working with Text 137
3. Click OK to accept style properties, or Cancel to abandon changes.
4. Click Apply to update text, or click Close to maintain the style in the
publication for future use.
Alternatively, choose Text Style Palette... from the Format menu to modify
styles and to change text defaults (see p. 29).
To delete one or more text styles:
• Right-click a text style and select Delete <style>....
• From the dialog, click Remove. For deletion of multiple styles, check
multiple style names first. For removal of all or unused styles, use
appropriate buttons.
Take care when deleting styles. Styles based on a checked "parent"
style will be checked for deletion.
Removing local formatting
To return characters and/or paragraphs back to their original formatting, click on
the Clear Formatting option in the Text Styles tab. This is great for reverting
some formatting which hasn't quite worked out! You can clear the formatting of
selected characters, paragraphs, or both depending on what text is currently
selected. The following table indicates the effects of different types of text
selection on clear formatting.
Selection Clicking Clear Formatting affects..
Word Character
Range of text Character
Single paragraph Character and Paragraph
Multiple paragraphs Paragraph
Story text Character and Paragraph
Text frame Character and Paragraph
You also have the flexibility to be more explicit about how clear formatting is
applied by clicking on the Clear Formatting option's drop-down arrow, i.e.