Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 299)

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Styles
Last updated 6/6/2015
For each new document, the Object Styles panel lists a default set of object styles. Whenever you create an object, an
object style is applied to it. By default, if you create a text frame, the [Basic Text Frame] object style is applied. If you
place an image or draw a path or shape, the [Basic Graphics Frame] object style is applied. If you create a frame grid,
the [Basic Grid] object style is applied. If you draw a placeholder shape that has an X in it, the [None] object style is
applied. You can select a different object style to use as the default for each of these object types.
• To change the default style for a text frame, choose Default Text Frame Style from the Object Styles panel menu, and
then select the object style.
• To change the default style for a graphics frame, choose Default Graphics Frame Style from the Object Styles panel
menu, and then select the object style.
• Graphic placeholder frames (with an X in them), always use the [None] style as default. You cannot specify an object
style as default.
• To change the default style for a grid frame, choose Default Grid Style from the Object Styles panel menu, and then
select the object style.
• To change the default style for any object type, drag the icon that marks the default object type from one object style
to another.
Note: If you select an object style when no frame is selected, that object style becomes the new default object style for text
or graphics, depending on which tool is selected in the toolbox.
Note: If you select an object style when no frame is selected, that object style becomes the new default object style for text,
graphics, or grid frames, depending on which tool is selected in the toolbox.
You can edit the [Basic] styles, but you cannot delete them.
Clear object style overrides
When formatting is applied to an object that differs from part of the style definition applied to that object, it is called
an override. When you select an object with an override, a plus sign (+) appears next to the style name.
Use the Clear Overrides command to override any formatting that is either turned on or off in the object style; use the
Clear Attributes Not Defined By Style to clear ignored attributes.
Clear object style overrides
1 Select an object or group that you want to change.
2 In the Object Styles panel, click the Clear Overrides button at the bottom of the Object Styles panel.
An override is displayed only if the applied attribute is part of the style.
Clear attributes ignored in an object style
You may want to remove attributes from an object, even if those attributes are ignored in a style. For example, if the Fill
category is ignored in an object style and you apply a red fill to a frame to which the object style is applied, choosing
Clear Attributes Not Defined By Style removes the red fill.
Note: If an object style category is turned off (unchecked) rather than ignored, use the Clear Overrides command to
override the style.
1 Select an object or group that you want to change.
2 In the Object Styles panel, click the Clear Attributes Not Defined By Style button at the bottom of the Object
Styles panel.