Episode 12: Nested Style Sheets, Part 2 (VIDEO)
February 23rd, 2006Written by Michael Murphy
Picking up right where Part 1 left off, this second installment on Nested Style Sheets shows how you can build in additional instructions to your paragraph styles, allowing you to apply multiple style sheets to multiple paragraphs in a specific order with a single click.
I LOVE your website. It got us through multiple nested styles. Iused the control click on the 1st styles sheet andit workd perfectly, but then I tried it again and the drop down menu only went as far as “apply style” and no further. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Deborah
Deborah — The drop down menu only includes the “Apply [Style], then Next Style…” option when you’ve selected (or your cursor is within) text that has a Paragraph style that has a “Next Style” chosen in the Paragraph Style options. By default, all Paragraph Styles are created with a Next Style setting of “Same Style”. In that case, the contextual menu won’t show you the “..Then Next Style” option because there technically isn’t a next style.
Check the options for the paragraph style that didn’t work and make sure you’ve picked something other than “Same Style” in the Next Style pull-down menu.
And thanks for the kind words about the videocast. I’m glad it’s helping you out.
Michael
Oh…one more thing, Deborah. If you only have one paragraph selected, you won’t see a “…Then Next Style” option because you’ve only picked one paragraph to apply a style to. You need to have at least two paragraphs selected, AND a Next Style option defined for the first of those paragraphs for that to work.