Re: Paragraph Styles

At 14:28 17/09/2011 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
>I have defined some custom paragraph styles in a loop so that I can 
>enter several similar paragraphs without having to stop and format 
>each one as I go.  Some of them are normal and some of them are 
>bold.  One of them is in a larger point size and different 
>typeface.  As I type in my information, every time I press the Enter 
>key, the next line begins the new paragraph and it is reflected in 
>the highlighted paragraph style name in the Styles window, however, 
>it always carries with it the same font characteristics of the 
>previous paragraph, regardless of what is defined in the style for 
>this paragraph.

I cannot reproduce what you describe, so perhaps there is something 
else that you are doing.  I notice that if local character-level 
formatting is applied to the end of one paragraph, then the new 
paragraph generated by pressing Enter will have the correct paragraph 
style applied - a different one in your case - but will also inherit 
the same character-level formatting.  Is that what you are 
seeing?  The way to test this would be to select the text of the new 
paragraph, or part of it, and then use Format | Default Formatting 
(or Ctrl+M) to cancel the character formatting.  Do you then see the 
effect of your new paragraph style correctly?

>If I open the styles window and double click on the ALREADY 
>HIGHLIGHTED style name, then the proper formatting will be applied to my text.

Oh, I don't see that either in my scenario, so perhaps - after all - 
it doesn't explain your problem.

>I find this extremely annoying and wonder what purpose the styles 
>serve if not to prevent this very thing.

No doubt I'd find it annoying too, if it were happening to me.

I trust this helps (but fear it may not).

Brian Barker

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