Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
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- SilverLounger
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Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
I have a paragraph whose style is set to normal. When I set it to Body Text, I lose the manual formatting of the fonts (e.g., italics and underlining of some of the words). Is it possible to change the paragraph style of a paragraph without losing the manual formatting?
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JMT
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Re: Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
If less than 50% of the paragraph has direct (manual) formatting applied, the direct formatting should be preserved when you apply a different paragraph style.
If you reapply the paragraph style that the paragraph already had, it will remove all direct formatting.
If you reapply the paragraph style that the paragraph already had, it will remove all direct formatting.
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Hans
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Re: Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
An alternative is to use character styles to apply Italic, Underline etc. This should be preserved when you apply a different paragraph style, even if the character style has been applied to more than 50% of the text.
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Hans
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- 5StarLounger
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Re: Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
Also note that if you apply the character style by selecting the text in the paragraph it will override direct formatting and may end up being applied as a character style if it is a "linked" style rather than a straight paragraph style. I generally keep the option to disable linked styles checked in my Manage Styles dialog.
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Re: Change paragraph style without losing manual formatting
Thanks for the additional information, Charles. I agree with disabling linked styles.
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Hans
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