Use default object styles, Clear object style overrides – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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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.
See also
“Clear object style overrides” on page 180
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 each of these object types.
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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.
See also
“Object style categories” on page 179
Clear object style overrides
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Select an object or group that you want to change.
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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.