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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="#WS88043F6F-D65D-42c3-96C8-3E10D465D9FDa"><h3 class="topictitle3">About object styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSD79ED71C-5F37-485b-81C5-6C522A10A78Fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Object Styles panel overview</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WSCDD39DDD-8A59-4eee-91A2-C724E9BC4F4Aa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Open the Object Style panel</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSF4BF7481-0696-4f68-9587-F74990842797a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change how object styles are listed in the panel</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WSA23BFAF6-554B-4ea8-8CEA-409C5ED8D74Fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Define object styles</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WS12A912F0-2352-42fe-883B-203F9875E728a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Object style categories</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WS3987D7F8-A6B9-4956-B5C4-C0A309A5BBA7a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply object styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS170BC860-54B2-4407-AE0F-2702942DA3C7a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Use default object styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSE6B4259F-1374-47d8-9015-7EE9B2B7E012a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear object style overrides</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WS58BEDC92-1C5B-4a01-9F78-1A9BC4B5BE74a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Clear object style overrides</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS962F4FE5-E974-4f97-B394-78FCBA5E8B1Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Clear attributes ignored in an object style</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WS0BE6024B-F624-4e65-AF5D-9E15E7E0308Ea"><h3 class="topictitle3">Break the link to an object style</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS7C1EF772-CE5E-40bf-AA40-38B567E2989Fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Rename an object style</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS22573C9A-D8A9-443c-AD45-010D0ED1CF85a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Edit object styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS173685DE-B69F-4e9a-B09D-9EB786C562C8a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Delete an object style</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS03BC9EBD-E636-44dc-B05F-67D755F23623a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Redefine an object style</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSE12E0C5E-2A1B-4f21-B592-470F976FF679a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Import object styles</h3>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><ul class="navlinklist"></ul>
</div>
<div id="WS88043F6F-D65D-42c3-96C8-3E10D465D9FDa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS88043F6F-D65D-42c3-96C8-3E10D465D9FDa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">About object styles</h2><div><p>Just
as you use paragraph and character styles to quickly format text,
you can use <dfn class="term">object styles</dfn> to quickly format graphics
and frames. Object styles include settings for stroke, color, transparency,
drop shadows, paragraph styles, text wrap, and more. You can assign
different transparency effects for the object, fill, stroke, and text.</p>
<p>You can apply object styles to objects, groups, and frames (including
text frames). A style can either clear and replace all object settings
or it can replace only specific settings, leaving other settings
unchanged. You control which settings the style affects by including
or excluding a category of settings in the definition.</p>
<p>When creating styles, you might find that several styles share
some of the same characteristics. Rather than setting those characteristics
each time you define the next style, you can base one object style
on another. When you change the base style, any shared attributes
that appear in the “parent” style change in the “child” style as
well.</p>
<p>For a video on using object styles, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0072" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0072</a>.</p>
</div></div>
<div id="WSD79ED71C-5F37-485b-81C5-6C522A10A78Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSD79ED71C-5F37-485b-81C5-6C522A10A78Fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Object Styles panel overview</h2><div><p>Use the Object Styles panel to create,
edit, and apply object styles. For each new document, the panel
initially lists a default set of object styles. Object styles are
saved with a document and display in the panel each time you open
that document. The Text Frame icon&#160;<img src="images/GraphicFrame.png" /> marks
the default style for text frames; the Graphics Frame icon&#160;<img src="images/TextFrame.png" /> marks
the default style for graphics frames and drawn shapes. </p>
</div><div id="WSCDD39DDD-8A59-4eee-91A2-C724E9BC4F4Aa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSCDD39DDD-8A59-4eee-91A2-C724E9BC4F4Aa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Open the Object Style panel</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose Window&#160;&gt; Object Styles.</span></div>
</div></div><div id="WSF4BF7481-0696-4f68-9587-F74990842797a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSF4BF7481-0696-4f68-9587-F74990842797a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change how object styles are listed in the panel</h3><div><ul><li><span>Select Small Panel Rows from
the panel menu to display a more condensed version of the object
styles.</span></li>
<li><span>Drag the object style to a different position. When a
black line appears in the desired position, release the mouse button. </span></li>
<li><span>Select Sort By Name from the panel menu to list the object
styles in alphabetical order.</span></li>
</ul>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WSA23BFAF6-554B-4ea8-8CEA-409C5ED8D74Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSA23BFAF6-554B-4ea8-8CEA-409C5ED8D74Fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Define object styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You
can define a style based on the settings you’ve already applied
to an object, or you can create a style from scratch or based on
another style.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the object or text frame that uses the
settings you want the object style to include.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose New Object Style from the Object Styles panel
menu, or Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac&#160;OS) the
Create New Style button.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the New Object Style dialog box, type a name for the
style.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To base the style on another style, choose a style for
Based On.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The Based On option lets you link styles to each other,
so that changes in one style ripple through the styles that are
based on it. If you make changes to the formatting of a child style
and decide you want to start over, click Reset To Base. That restores
the child style’s formatting to be identical to the style on which
it’s based.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To add a keyboard shortcut, position the insertion point
in the Shortcut box, and make sure Num Lock is turned on. Then hold
down any combination of Shift, Alt, and Ctrl (Windows) or Shift,
Option, and Command (Mac&#160;OS), and press a number on the
numeric keypad. You cannot use letters or non-keypad numbers for
defining style shortcuts.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Under Basic Attributes, select any additional categories
that contain options you want to define, and set the options as
desired. Click the check box to the left of each category to indicate
whether it should be included or ignored in the style. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To apply effects, choose an option in Effects For (Object,
Stroke, Fill, or Text), and then select categories of effects and
specify their settings. You can specify different effects for each
category. Indicate which Effects categories should be turned on,
turned off, or ignored in the style.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div><div id="WS12A912F0-2352-42fe-883B-203F9875E728a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS12A912F0-2352-42fe-883B-203F9875E728a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Object style categories</h3><div><div class="section"><p>If
you want the style to apply only certain attributes, leaving any
other settings untouched, make sure that the categories you want
the style to control are in the appropriate state. You can use any
of three states for each category: turned on, turned off, or ignored.
For example, checking the Drop Shadow box will include drop shadow
formatting in the object style. Deselecting the Drop Shadow box will
indicate that drop shadow is turned off as part of the style — any
drop shadow applied to an object appears as an override. Setting
the Drop Shadow box to “ignore” (a small box in Windows or a hyphen
in Mac&#160;OS) will leave drop shadow out of the style, so
any drop shadow applied to the style does not appear as an override. </p>
<div class="para"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="sy_06" src="images/sy_06.png" /><div class="figdesc">Object style categories</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Turned on</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Ignored</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Turned
off</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></div>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Categories
in which the settings can be turned on or off individually, such
as Fill, Stroke, and Transparency, have only two states. They can
either be turned on or ignored. </div>
<p>The Paragraph Styles category
is ignored by default, even if you’re creating a text frame. This
category is applicable only if the object is an unthreaded text
frame.</p>
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WS3987D7F8-A6B9-4956-B5C4-C0A309A5BBA7a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3987D7F8-A6B9-4956-B5C4-C0A309A5BBA7a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply object styles</h2><div><ol><li><span>Select
an object, frame, or group.</span></li>
<li><span>Click an object style in the Control panel or the Object
Styles panel to apply a style.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you choose Overrides When Applying Style from the
Object Styles panel, clicking an object style clears overrides by
default. If this option is not selected, you can Alt-click (Windows)
or Option-click (Mac&#160;OS) the object style to clear overrides
while applying the style.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can also drag
an object style onto an object to apply the style without first selecting
the object.</div><p>If a group is selected when you apply an object
style, the style is applied to each object in the group.</p>
<p>Once
you apply a style, you can apply other settings to the object as
needed. Although you may override a setting defined in the style,
you do not lose the connection to the style. </p>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS170BC860-54B2-4407-AE0F-2702942DA3C7a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS170BC860-54B2-4407-AE0F-2702942DA3C7a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Use default object styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>For each new document, the Object
Styles panel lists a default set of object styles. Whenever you
create an object, an object style is applied to it. By default,
if you create a text frame, the [Basic Text Frame] object style
is applied. If you draw a path or shape, the [Basic Graphics Frame]
object style is applied. If you place an image or draw a placeholder
shape that has an X in it, the [None] object style is applied. You
can select a different object style to use as the default for text
frames and graphics frames.</p>
</div>
<ul><li><span>To change the default style for a text
frame, choose Default Text Frame Style from the Object Styles panel
menu, and then select the object style.</span></li>
<li><span>To change the default style for a graphics frame, choose
Default Graphics Frame Style from the Object Styles panel menu,
and then select the object style.</span></li>
<li><span>To change the default style for any object type, drag
the icon that marks the default object type from one object style
to another.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you
select an object style when no frame is selected, that object style
becomes the new default object style for text or graphics, depending on
which tool is selected in the toolbox. </div>
<p>You
can edit the [Basic] styles, but you cannot delete them.</p>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSE6B4259F-1374-47d8-9015-7EE9B2B7E012a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSE6B4259F-1374-47d8-9015-7EE9B2B7E012a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Clear object style overrides</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When formatting is applied to an object that
differs from part of the style definition applied to that object,
it is called an <dfn class="term">override</dfn>. When you select an object
with an override, a plus sign&#160;(+) appears next to the style
name.</p>
<p>Use the Clear Overrides command to override any formatting
that is either turned on or off in the object style; use the Clear
Attributes Not Defined By Style to clear ignored attributes. </p>
</div>
</div><div id="WS58BEDC92-1C5B-4a01-9F78-1A9BC4B5BE74a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS58BEDC92-1C5B-4a01-9F78-1A9BC4B5BE74a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear object style overrides</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select an object or group that you want
to change.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Object Styles panel, click the Clear Overrides
button&#160;<img src="images/P_ClearOverObject_Wd_N.png" /> at the
bottom of the Object Styles panel.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>An override is displayed only if the applied attribute
is part of the style. </p>
</div>
</div></div><div id="WS962F4FE5-E974-4f97-B394-78FCBA5E8B1Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WS962F4FE5-E974-4f97-B394-78FCBA5E8B1Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear attributes ignored in an object style</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You may want to remove attributes from an
object, even if those attributes are ignored in a style. For example,
if the Fill category is ignored in an object style and you apply
a red fill to a frame to which the object style is applied, choosing
Clear Attributes Not Defined By Style removes the red fill.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If
an object style category is turned off (unchecked) rather than ignored,
use the Clear Overrides command to override the style.</div>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select an object or group that you want to change.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Object Styles panel, click the Clear Attributes
Not Defined By Style button&#160;<img src="images/ClearAttNotDef.png" /> at
the bottom of the Object Styles panel.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WS0BE6024B-F624-4e65-AF5D-9E15E7E0308Ea" class="nochunk"><a name="WS0BE6024B-F624-4e65-AF5D-9E15E7E0308Ea"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Break the link to an object style</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You can break the link between an object
and the style applied to it. The object will retain the same attributes,
but will no longer change if the style is changed.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select the object that has the object style applied
to&#160;it.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Break Link To Style from the Object Styles panel
menu. </span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you don’t want to retain the formatting of the object
style, choose [None] in the Object Styles panel.</p>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS7C1EF772-CE5E-40bf-AA40-38B567E2989Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS7C1EF772-CE5E-40bf-AA40-38B567E2989Fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Rename an object style</h2><div><ol><li><span>Make
sure no objects are currently selected so that a style isn’t mistakenly applied.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Object Styles panel, double-click the object style
you want to rename.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Object Style Options dialog box, type a new name
for the style, and click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can also edit an object style
directly in the panel. Click the style, pause, and then click again
to edit the style name.</div></div>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS22573C9A-D8A9-443c-AD45-010D0ED1CF85a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS22573C9A-D8A9-443c-AD45-010D0ED1CF85a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Edit object styles</h2><div><ol><li><span>Do
one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>If you don’t want the style to be applied
to the selected frame or set as the default, right-click (Windows)
or Control-click (Mac&#160;OS) the style name in the Object
Styles panel, and choose Edit <var class="varname">[style name]</var>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the Object Styles panel, double-click the style
name, or select the style and choose Style Options in the Styles
panel menu. Note that this applies the style to any selected object
or sets it as the default object type.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>In the Object Style Options dialog box, select the category
that contains the options you want to change, and change the desired
settings. </span></li>
<li><span>Determine whether object style categories are turned
on, turned off, or ignored.</span></li>
<li><span>Click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS173685DE-B69F-4e9a-B09D-9EB786C562C8a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS173685DE-B69F-4e9a-B09D-9EB786C562C8a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Delete an object style</h2><div><ol><li><span>In
the Object Styles panel, select an object style.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Delete Style from the panel menu or drag the style
to the Delete icon at the bottom of the Object Styles panel.</span></li>
<li><span>If you delete a style that is applied to objects or on
which other styles are based, you will be prompted to specify a
replacement style in the Delete Object Style dialog box. Do one
of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To restyle objects that currently use the
deleted style, choose the style you want to apply to the objects
and click&#160;OK. </p>
</li>
<li><p>To leave objects unchanged, choose [None], make
sure Preserve Formatting is checked, and click&#160;OK. Any
objects that use the deleted style retain the same attributes, but
are no longer associated with a style.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To remove all attribute settings you’ve applied,
choose [None], deselect Preserve Formatting, and click&#160;OK. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To delete all styles not applied to objects, choose
Select All Unused from the Object Styles panel menu, and then click
the Delete icon.</div>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS03BC9EBD-E636-44dc-B05F-67D755F23623a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS03BC9EBD-E636-44dc-B05F-67D755F23623a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Redefine an object style</h2><div><div class="section"><p>After
you apply an object style, you can override any of its settings.
If you decide you like the changes you made to a particular object,
you can redefine the style so that it matches the formatting of
the object you changed. Be aware that the Redefine Object Style
command redefines only categories that are turned on or turned off,
but not categories that are ignored. If the object includes additional settings,
you’ll need to add those settings separately to the style, or simply
create a new object style.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Select an object that is using the style you want
to change.</span></li>
<li><span>Adjust the desired appearance attributes.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Object Styles panel, choose Redefine Object Style
from the Object Styles panel menu.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>The object style definition changes to match the override
settings you applied. All occurrences of the object style in the
document are updated to use the new settings.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If the Redefine
Object Style option is not available, the attributes you set are not
part of the object style definition. To change the style definition
directly, choose Object Style Options instead, or create a new style
from the object.</div>
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<div id="WSE12E0C5E-2A1B-4f21-B592-470F976FF679a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSE12E0C5E-2A1B-4f21-B592-470F976FF679a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Import object styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You can import styles from other documents.
In addition to object styles themselves, InDesign imports any swatches,
custom strokes, character styles, or paragraph styles that are used
in the styles. If a swatch, stroke, or paragraph style that you
import has the same name but different values than an existing swatch or
style, InDesign renames it (for example, from Burnt Orange to Burnt
Orange&#160;2). </p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Load Object Styles from the Object Styles
panel menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the file from which you want to import object
styles, and click Open.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Load Styles dialog box, make sure that a check
mark appears next to the styles you want to import. If there is
a style name conflict, choose one of the following options under
Conflict With Existing Style, and then click&#160;OK:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Use Incoming Style Definition</dt>
<dd>Overwrites the existing style with the loaded style and
applies its new attributes to all text in the current document that
used the old style. The definitions of the incoming and existing
styles are displayed at the bottom of the Load Styles dialog box
so that you can view a comparison.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Auto-Rename</dt>
<dd>Renames the loaded style. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
 <p>The object styles appear in the Object Styles panel.</p>
</li>
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