Publisher: Can't set new para style from existing. It's over-ridden

[Twolane]

I have a text style First Line No Indent. It works perfectly and sets the font to 12pt.

I have a text style First Line 0.25 set to 12 points. I can't change any of the paragraphs that are at 11.5pt, to 12 pt. I apply the setting, but it won't take. The paragraphs remain at 11.5pt.

The only way it will take is if I highlight all the paragraphs and then apply the 12pt paragraph style. That's kind of tedious for a 400-page book.

[Wosven]

Hi @Twolane
Did you tried with the context menu, to create a paragraph style based on the one you want, and modify the leading in this new style?

[Old Bruce]

Are the paragraphs actually using a Paragraph Style (something other than [No Style])?

This sounds like there is a local override applied to the leading of the affected paragraphs.

Or

You could be changing the leading in the Paragraphs Panel instead of the Text Styles Panel. Using the latter is the way to change all the paragraphs without selecting them first, the former will only affect the selected parargraph(s)

[Twolane]

My First Line 0.25 is set to 11.5pt. I want to change it to 12pt, and have it apply to _every_ paragraph in the novel. At the present time I find that I am not able to do that. I can do it individually, _one paragraph at a time_. Or, I can highlight, and change them that way. Both methods are very impractical.

For some reason, I can't get the 12pt font size to stick in the First LIne 0.25 text style, no matter what I do.

[walt.farrell]

If you could provide a small sample .afpub document that demonstrates this we can probably tell you what the problem is and how to solve it.

Without an actual sample we have to guess.

[Old Bruce]

Further to what Walt says...

If you could save a copy and remove most of the pages and send that publisher file it would help. Just include a portion of it by selecting from (just suggestions here) the very beginning to the end of page 10 and delete all that text then move to page 16 and select all the text from the end of that page to the very end and delete that. Try to include a new Chapter starting somewhere in the pages.

On Mac I place the text cursor in a word and use the Command + Shift + Down arrow to select the text from the Cursor to the end of the document. Use the Up Arrow to select from the cursor to the beginning of the document. On Windows I am guessing the combination would be Control + Shift + appropriate Arrow key.