Delete character or paragraph styles, Override character and paragraph styles – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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See also
“Override character and paragraph styles” on page 171
Delete character or paragraph styles
When you delete a style, you can select a different style to replace it, and you can choose whether to preserve the
formatting. When you delete a style group, you delete all styles within the group. You are prompted to replace each
style in the group one at a time.
1
Select the style name in the Styles panel.
2
Do one of the following:
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Choose Delete Style in the panel menu or click the Delete icon
at the bottom of the panel.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the style, and then choose Delete Style. This method is
especially useful for deleting a style without applying it to text.
3
In the Delete Paragraph Style dialog box, select the style to replace it.
If you select [No Paragraph Style] to replace a paragraph style or [None] to replace a character style, select Preserve
Formatting to keep the formatting of text to which the style is applied. The text preserves its formatting but is no
longer associated with a style.
4
Click OK.
To delete all unused styles, choose Select All Unused in the Styles panel menu, and then click the Delete icon. When
you delete an unused style, you are not prompted to replace the style.
See also
Override character and paragraph styles
When you apply a paragraph style, character styles and other previous formatting remain intact. After you apply a
style, you can override any of its settings by applying formatting that’s not part of the style. When formatting that is
not part of a style is applied to text with that style applied, it is called an override. When you select text with an
override, a plus sign (+) appears next to the style name. In character styles, an override is displayed only if the applied
attribute is part of the style. For example, if a character style only changes text color, applying a different font size to
the text does not appear as an override.
You can clear character styles and formatting overrides when you apply a style. You can also clear overrides from a
paragraph to which a style has been applied.
If a style has a plus sign (+) next to it, hold the mouse pointer over the style to view a description of the override
attributes.
See also
“Redefine a style to match selected text” on page 170
Preserve or remove overrides when applying paragraph styles
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To apply a paragraph style and preserve character styles, but remove overrides, hold down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) as you click the name of the style in the Paragraph Styles panel.