Creating and managing text styles

To create a text style from scratch:

1. (Optional) Select a portion of text or click inside a paragraph.
2. On the Text Styles panel, select:
   • Create Paragraph Style—to create a new paragraph style.
   • Create Character Style—to create a new character style.
   • Create Group Style—to create a new group style.
   See Text style types for more information.
3. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
4. (Optional) In the Edit Text Style dialog, select the Apply style to selection option to apply the style to the text selected in step 1.
5. Click OK.

To create a text style from an existing style:

1. On the Text Styles panel, click on a listed style's options menu and select:
   • Duplicate—to start with settings exactly the same as the selected style.
   • Create Style Based on—to automatically set the dialog's Based on option to the selected style.
2. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
3. Click OK.

To edit an existing text style:

1. On the Text Styles panel, click on a listed style's options menu and select Edit.
2. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
3. Click OK.

To update a text style:

1. Select text that is formatted with the text style.
2. Adjust local formatting via the context toolbar, Character panel or Paragraph panel.
3. On the context toolbar or the Text Styles panel, select Update Paragraph Style or Update Character Style as appropriate.

The text style is updated to match the local formatting.

To assign a keyboard shortcut to a text style:

1. On the Text Styles panel, click on a listed style's options menu and select Edit.
2. In the dialog, select the Style section and then click inside the Keyboard shortcut box.
3. Press your required key combination.
4. Click OK.