
INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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Apply styles
By default, applying a paragraph style won’t remove any existing character formatting or character styles applied to
part of a paragraph, although you have the option of removing existing formatting when you apply a style. A plus
sign (+) appears next to the current paragraph style in the Styles panel if the selected text uses a character or
paragraph style and also uses additional formatting that isn’t part of the applied style. Such additional formatting is
called an override.
Character styles remove or reset character attributes of existing text if those attributes are defined by the style.
See also
“Use Quick Apply” on page 183
“Override character and paragraph styles” on page 171
Apply a character style
1
Select the characters to which you want to apply the style.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the character style name in the Character Styles panel.
• Select the character style name from the drop-down list in the Control panel.
• Press the keyboard shortcut you assigned to the style. (Make sure that Num Lock is on.)
Apply a paragraph style
1
Click in a paragraph, or select all or part of the paragraphs to which you want to apply the style.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the paragraph style name in the Paragraph Styles panel.
• Select the paragraph style name from the menu in the Control panel.
• Press the keyboard shortcut you assigned to the style. (Make sure that Num Lock is on.)
3 If any unwanted formatting remains in the text, choose Clear Overrides from the Paragraph Styles panel.
Apply sequential styles to multiple paragraphs
The Next Style option specifies which style will be automatically applied when you press Enter or Return after
applying a particular style. It also specifies which styles will be applied when you select multiple paragraphs and
applyastyleusingthecontextmenu.IfyouselectmultipleparagraphsandapplyastylethathasaNextStyleoption,
the style specified as the next style will be applied to the second paragraph. If that style has a Next Style option, the
next style will be applied to the third paragraph, and so on.
For example, suppose you have three styles for formatting a newspaper column: Title, Byline, and Body. Title uses
Byline for Next Style, Byline uses Body for Next Style, and Body uses [Same Style] for Next Style. If you select an
entire article, including the title, the author’s byline, and the paragraphs in the article, and then apply the Title style
using the context menu, the article’s first paragraph will be formatted with the Title style, the second paragraph will
be formatted with the Byline style, and all other paragraphs will be formatted with the Body style.
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