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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSE61914FC-1DF4-4391-9F65-3CC6ABEE7BAEa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a style group</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS3AC58D02-2744-4673-B9C1-6A709EDD2297a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy styles to a group</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS082794CD-54D6-4041-8ECA-D0E11915CF21a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Expand or collapse style groups</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS7537CE95-74BB-47cc-9CA5-CE8647B7BCA4a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Delete style groups</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can organize styles by grouping
them into separate folders in the Character Styles, Paragraph Styles,
Object Styles, Table Styles, and Cell Styles panels. You can even
nest groups within groups. Styles do not need to be in a group;
you can add them to a group or to the root level of the panel. </p>
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<div id="WSE61914FC-1DF4-4391-9F65-3CC6ABEE7BAEa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSE61914FC-1DF4-4391-9F65-3CC6ABEE7BAEa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a style group</h3><div><ol><li><span>In the Styles panel: </span><ul><li><p>To create the group at the root level,
deselect all styles.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To create a group within a group, select and open
a group.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To include existing styles in the group, select
the styles.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Choose New Style Group from the Styles panel menu, or
choose New Group From Styles to move the selected styles into the
new group.</span></li>
<li><span>Type the name of the group and click OK.</span></li>
<li><span>To move a style into the group, drag the style over the
style group. When the style group is highlighted, release the mouse
button.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS3AC58D02-2744-4673-B9C1-6A709EDD2297a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3AC58D02-2744-4673-B9C1-6A709EDD2297a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy styles to a group</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When you copy a style to a different group,
the styles are not linked. Even though they have the same name,
editing one style does not change the attributes of the other style. </p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the style or group you want to copy.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Copy To Group from the Styles panel menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the group (or [Root] level) that you want to copy
the styles or group to, and then click OK.</span> <p>If the group already contains style names identical to
those being copied, incoming styles are renamed.</p>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS082794CD-54D6-4041-8ECA-D0E11915CF21a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS082794CD-54D6-4041-8ECA-D0E11915CF21a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Expand or collapse style groups</h3><div><ul><li><span>To expand or collapse only
one group, click the triangle icon next to it.</span></li>
<li><span>To expand or collapse the group and all its subgroups,
Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac&#160;OS) the triangle
icon.</span></li>
</ul>
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<div id="WS7537CE95-74BB-47cc-9CA5-CE8647B7BCA4a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS7537CE95-74BB-47cc-9CA5-CE8647B7BCA4a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Delete style groups</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Deleting a style group deletes the group and
everything inside it, including styles and other groups.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the group you want to delete.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Delete Style Group from the Styles panel menu,
and then click Yes.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For each style in the group, specify a replacement style
or choose [None], and then click OK. </span> <div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If you want to use the same replacement
style for all styles, select Apply To All.</div></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you cancel the replacement of any style, the group
is not deleted. You can recover deleted styles by choosing Edit&#160;&gt;
Undo Delete Styles.</p>
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