Modifying Styles

You modify styles using the Styles Editor.

The Styles Editor contains tabs labeled Character and Paragraph. These tabs contain:

The list of settings is organized in groups that match the palettes in the sidebar. You change the settings of a style in exactly the same way you change the settings of text in your document.

Some of the controls in palettes are hidden until you need them. The Bullets and Numbering palette expands to show additional settings if the current paragraph contains a bullet or number, and the Effects palette expands to show additional controls if the current text has a shadow effect. In the Styles Editor, all these controls appear all the time.

The Reset button affects only changes that you have made to the currently selected style. If you edit a syle and then edit a second style, the Reset button will affect only the changes to the second style.

To modify a style: