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Managing Styles

Import Styles from Microsoft Word Documents Create Nested Styles Create Related Styles Apply Styles in a Sequence Manage Style Overrides Redefine Styles Break the Link to Styles

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The Microsoft Word Import Options Dialog Box

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The Load Styles Dialog Box

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Nested Styles

Nested style looping

Nested style looping

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Related Styles

Child style inherited from parent style with size value

changed

Child style inherited from parent style with kerning

value changed

Parent style

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Next Style

Before applying next style Multiple paragraph styles organized in a sequence

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Style Overrides

Format different from therest of the paragraph

Format different from therest of the paragraph

A plus signindicating a

style override

A plus signindicating a

style override

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Reflective Questions

1. Under what circumstances will you create and use a style based on an existing style?

2. What are the advantages of editing and redefining styles when designing InDesign documents? How useful are these when you want your document to have a professional look?