Creating and managing text styles

1. Deselect any text.
2. Do one of the following, with either text tool selected:
   • For a new character style, on the context toolbar, select New from the Character Style pop-up menu.
   • For a new paragraph style, on the context toolbar, select New from the Paragraph Style pop-up menu.
   • On the Text panel, select Expand next to the Text Styles menu, then select Add Text Style and choose:
     • 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. Tap OK.

To create a text style from an existing style:

1. (Optional) Format and select a portion of text or tap inside a paragraph.
2. On the Text panel, select Expand next to the Text Styles menu, then tap 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.
3. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
4. Tap OK.

If you want apply the new style to the currently selected text, enable Apply style to selection in the dialog.

To edit an existing text style:

1. On the Text panel, select Expand next to the Text Styles menu, then tap on a listed style's options menu and select Edit.
2. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
3. Tap OK.

To update a text style:

1. Select text that is formatted with the text style.
2. Adjust local formatting via the context toolbar or Text panel.
3. Do one of the following:
   • On the context toolbar, select Update "<style name>" on the Character Style or Paragraph Style pop-up menu as appropriate.
   • On the Text panel, do one of the following:
     • for a paragraph style, select Update Paragraph Style next to the Paragraph Style pop-up menu.
     • for a character style, select Expand next to the Bold/Italic/Underline/Strikethrough section, and then tap Update Character Style next to the Character Style pop-up menu.

The text style is updated to match the local formatting.

To import text styles from documents:

1. From the Text panel, select Expand next to the Text Styles menu, then go to Panel Preferences and select Import Styles.
2. From the dialog, navigate to and tap a document containing the text styles you would like to import.
3. From the Imported Text Styles dialog, the text styles appearing in that document will be listed, giving you the option to rename, replace, view, and select the individual text styles within the document you would like to import.

The imported text styles replace existing styles or are added as new styles to the Text panel.