Character Styles

Caran Copeland

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    • August 22, 2016 at 1:52 am #87685
      Caran Copeland
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      Hi there

      I have to create character styles based on my paragraph styles for every one (due to third party software used after Indd). I first create and apply my paragraph style and then create the character style – but if my cursor is in the para or I have highlighted said text I still have nothing initially in my new character style and have to manually select font/size/colour although the same as the paragraph style. Is there a way to speed this up?

      Thanks

    • August 22, 2016 at 6:19 am #87688
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      You need to apply both paragraph styles and character styles to all the text? That is crazy. What software makes you do that?

      I suppose if you had to do it (normally, InDesign users do not need to do this, as I described in this article), you could perhaps use Break Link to Style, then create the character style, then reapply the paragraph style?

      • August 22, 2016 at 7:01 am #87703
        Ariel Walden
        Member

        You could use the “Create Character Style” script that comes with InDesign.

    • August 22, 2016 at 8:20 am #87705
      Caran Copeland
      Member

      Brilliant! Thank you very much – exactly what I need.

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