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Creating and Editing Styles

You can create new styles and import styles from other documents. Styles are also imported when you import text from a word processing program.

Paragraph and character styles are created and edited with the ''Define Styles'' dialog box. You can also edit styles by holding down Shift while selecting a style in the ''Paragraph Style'' or ''Character Style'' submenus in the ''Type'' menu.

Creating a new style

1. Choose ''Text Styles'' from the ''Define'' submenu in the ''Edit'' menu.

The ''Define Styles'' dialog box will appear.

2. Select ''Paragraph'' or ''Character'' styles.

Choose ''Paragraph'' or ''Character'' from the ''Type'' pop-up menu.

3. Create a new style.

To create a new style from scratch: Click ''New''.
To create a style similar to the attributes of the selected text: Click ''Clone''.
To create a style similar to an existing one: Select a style, hold down ''Shift'' and click ''New''.
The ''Paragraph Style'' or ''Character Style'' dialog box will appear, depending on the type of style you chose to create.

4. Set the style options.

Enter a ''Name'' for the style.
Choose a style from the ''Base'' pop-up menu to base your style on an existing style or no style to create a self contained style.
Choose a style name from the ''Next'' pop-up menu to specify a style to follow this style or same style to follow with this style. (Paragraph styles only)
Set any attributes you want to define for the style. Refer to the instructions for each text or paragraph attribute for more information.
5. Click ''OK''.

To edit an existing style: Choose ''Text Styles'' from the ''Define'' submenu in the ''Edit'' menu. The ''Define Styles'' dialog box will appear. Select a style and click ''Edit''. Make the desired changes and click ''OK''.

To remove an existing style: Select a style and click on the ''Remove'' button of the ''Define Styles'' dialog box.

Saving and appending styles

You can save your styles as the program default so that they are always available in new documents. To do that, click on the ''Save'' button in the ''Define Styles'' dialog box. If you want to save your styles to a different file, click on ''Save As'' and type a filename in the file selector. If you want to append to the current style list the styles of a file you saved earlier from the ''Define Styles'' dialog box, click on the ''Append'' button and choose the style file.

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