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266 Text Handling

For Paragraph styles it determines what style should be applied by default to a new
paragraph created following the current paragraph. For example, heading styles normally
set the NEXT PARAGRAPH style to NORMAL TEXT, because that’s usually what you want
immediately following a heading. With a list style however, it’s more likely that you want
another list item to be added when you hit return at the end of a list item. So for list styles
the NEXT PARAGRAPH setting is only used when you end a list. End a list by hitting return
once to add an empty list item, then hit return again. The new non-list paragraph will then
use whatever NEXT PARAGRAPH style you chose for the list style.
For more detail on editing lists see Bulleted and numbered lists (on page 259)

Updating Text Styles
To update an existing Text Style:

1. Select some text already in the style you want to update.
2. Apply whatever changes you require, say an alternative font, or font size, or maybe
in the case of a list style a bullet or number style change.
3. Select "UPDATE 'STYLE NAME' TO MATCH" from the Style drop-down menu on the
Text InfoBar.

For example to change all the NORMAL TEXT to be a different font, select a few words in
the NORMAL TEXT Style, change the font (and any other attribute) and then Select UPDATE
'NORMAL' TO MATCH from the Style Menu on the Text Tool InfoBar.

When you are working on a web document with RWD variants, it is possible to update a
Text Style for an individual variant. This is useful for example when you need the text in a
mobile variant to be a larger and/or different font. To update the style for an individual
variant, change the text as above and then select UPDATE 'STYLE NAME' IN THIS VARIANT
from the Style drop down menu on the Text InfoBar. This is an additional option that is
shown in the STYLES menu when you are working in a document that has multiple
variants.

See Responsive Web Design (on page 428) for more information about variants.

Redefining Text Styles
Sometimes you may want to make an existing text style to look like some text that does
not already have that text style applied. Perhaps some text that you imported from some
other document. You can’t just apply the existing style to that text, because you would
then lose its appearance. Instead use the UPDATE OTHER STYLE TO MATCH… option in the
style menu.
1. Place the text cursor within the text (or select some of the text).
2. Select UPDATE OTHER STYLE TO MATCH... from the Style drop-down menu on the
Text InfoBar.
3. Choose the Style you wish to update from the UPDATE STYLE TO MATCH... dialog.
4. Tick the appropriate checkboxes to decide if you want the Text Style to match only
the new text, and/or all similar text in the document. Uncheck APPLY TO ALL SIMILAR
TEXT IN THIS DOCUMENT if you only want the Style to be applied to the paragraph
containing the text cursor.