Apply object styles, Use default object styles, Clear object style overrides – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Styles
Last updated 11/16/2011
Apply object styles
If you apply an object style to a group of objects, the object style is applied to each object in the group. To apply an
object style to a group of objects, nest the objects within a frame. (The Edit > Paste Into command is one way to paste
an object into a frame.)
1 Select an object, frame, or group.
2 Click an object style in the Control panel or the Object Styles panel to apply a style.
If you choose Clear Overrides When Applying Style from the Object Styles panel, clicking an object style clears
overrides by default. If this option is not selected, you can Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) the object
style to clear overrides while applying the style.
You can also drag an object style onto an object to apply the style without first selecting the object.
If a group is selected when you apply an object style, the style is applied to each object in the group.
Once you apply a style, you can apply other settings to the object as needed. Although you may override a setting
defined in the style, you do not lose the connection to the style.
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Use default object styles
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
draw a path or shape, the [Basic Graphics Frame] object style is applied. If you place an image or 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 text frames and graphics frames.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.