Apple Pages '08 - Manual (Page 120)

120 Chapter 6 Working with Styles
Applying Styles
There are several techniques for applying styles to paragraphs, characters, and lists.
Here are ways to apply styles:
m To apply a style to one or more paragraphs, select the paragraphs you want to change,
or select an entire text box, table, table cell, or shape that contains text. Click the
Paragraph Styles button in the Format Bar, and then choose the style you want to
apply.
A paragraph style applies to an entire paragraph. Applying a new paragraph style to
already-styled text replaces the current paragraph or list style.
m To apply a character style, select the word or words you want to change, or select an
entire text box, table, table cell, or shape that contains text. Click the Character Styles
button in the Format Bar, and choose the style you want to apply.
A character style can be applied to selected text without affecting margins, text
alignment, or other types of paragraph or list formatting. Additionally, character styles
are preserved even when you change the paragraph or list style of text.
m To apply a list style, place the cursor wherever you want to begin typing your list, click
the List style button in the Format Bar, choose the style you want to apply, and then
type your list, pressing Return to begin each new bulleted or numbered point.
A list style applies to an entire paragraph. It does not affect the appearance of text
(such as font, text size, and so on) that’s governed by the underlying paragraph style.
In the Styles drawer,
select the style you
want to apply.