Apple Pages - Manual (Page 80)

80 Chapter 4 Working With Styles
To create a new paragraph style from scratch:
1 Select a paragraph of text.
2 Choose View > Show Styles Drawer (or click Style in the toolbar and choose Show
Styles Drawer). In the Styles drawer, select Free Form at the top of the Paragraph
Styles list.
3 Format the selected paragraph text so that it looks the way you want. (To learn about
formatting text, see Chapter 3, “Formatting Text and Paragraphs.”)
4 Click the Add (+) button at the bottom of the Styles drawer and choose Create New
Paragraph Style From Selection.
5 Type a name for the new style.
6 If you don’t want to apply the new style to the selected text, deselect the checkbox
labeled “Apply this new style on creation.”
7 Click OK.
Styles you modify or create are available only in the document you’re working in. They
can be imported into other documents or templates. To learn how, see page 74.
Modifying and Creating New Character Styles
Character styles are formatting attributes that are applied to a set of text characters
(such as a word or a group of words or letters) without changing the style of the
entire paragraph. Character styles define the look of the text, including font, size,
color, character spacing, ligature usage, baseline shift, and language. If you can’t find a
character style that meets your needs, you can modify one of the existing character
styles or create a new one.
Click to create a style.