Styles

Instead of having to create effects, fills, colors and properties for your design from scratch, the Layer FX panel's Styles section can be used to apply a pre-designed style to your object (shape, artistic text or frame text). If you want to save a combination of the above attributes for future use, these can be stored in the panel as a custom style.

A dedicated Style Picker Tool can also be used to transfer styles between objects on the page.

Layer FX panel To apply a style:
  1. Select an object on the Layers panel or in the document view.
  2. On the Layer FX panel, tap Styles, and select a category from the pop-up menu.
  3. Tap a style's thumbnail.
Panel Preferences To create a custom category:
Panel Preferences To rename a styles category:
  1. Choose the category you want to rename from the Categories pop-up menu.
  2. On the Panel Preferences menu, tap Rename Category.
  3. Type a new name for the category in the dialog and tap OK.
Panel Preferences To save a style:
  1. Select the object whose style you want to save.
  2. On the Layer FX panel, tap Styles.
  3. Choose a Styles category to save the style into.
  4. On the Panel Preferences menu, tap Add Style from Selection.
Style Picker Tool To sample the style of an object or text:
  1. Select the Style Picker Tool.
  2. In the document view, tap an object or a character in text.
To apply a sampled style to objects/text one at a time:

After sampling a style:

  1. On the context toolbar, select the style attributes you wish to apply.
  2. In the document view, tap an object or a word, or select a text range.
  3. Repeat for any additional objects you wish to style.
Style Picker Tool To apply a sampled style to multiple objects simultaneously:
  1. In the document view or on the Layers panel, select the objects you wish to style.
  2. Select the Style Picker Tool.
  3. On the context toolbar, select the attributes you wish to apply.
  4. Sample the style of an object or a character in text.

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