styles

[crownfield]

after looking at the help, I created a paragraph with the style that I wanted, and selected style create, and named it bio

there are four text blocks that should be the same, and click on style bio for each.

this was simple and easy, right?

wrong. 2 of the blocks match, and two do not. this makes no sense to me.

it is sort of like the program was written by different teams in different continents who did not talk and did not agree on how the program works.

now that I have vented, someone can perhaps explain how text block with the same style can bear no reseoblance to each other.

to me this is like a car, where sometimes the steering wheel steers the car, and other times the shift lever steers the car.

 

please help me and take me out of my misery.

 

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, crownfield said:

now that I have vented, someone can perhaps explain how text block with the same style can bear no reseoblance to each other.

You should look in the Text Styles panel and see if there are overrides applied to any of the paragraphs. There will be a + symbol after the name, you can reset it by clicking on the weird looking T with an angled arrow around it.

You can also go to Text > Reapply Base Styles.

[MikeTO]

Did you create text frames? Does one or more of the text frames have a solid blue Content Scaling handle? If so, double-click it and re-apply the paragraph styles.

If this wasn't it, could you please share a screenshot?

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, crownfield said:

2 of the blocks match, and two do not.

For future reference, for things like this it would be helpful to mention what text attributes specifically do not match, like just text size, just text color, something else and/or a combination of several text attributes.

Basically, just keep in mind we cannot see what you see on your computer so the more info you can provide, the better. Often, a screenshot of the entire app window will be the quickest & easiest way to supply most if not all of that.

[crownfield]

rcr- wisdom true.  I will
miketo-  I don't know, but  there may have been.
old bruce- text reset worked.

I had to create and apply both a char style and apara style
now it looks right.

there  should be a style, with sub styles para and char. master style should define both.
if not use char or para

the styles page you showed, I can not find it.
but the symbol you shoped, with the wrapped arrow means update style, and does.

 

thanks for the help! I am again as sane as I  ever get.

[R C-R]

12 hours ago, crownfield said:

the styles page you showed, I can not find it.

In the Window > Text submenu there should be a Text Styles item.

[crownfield]

I found it, I was looking under text, and it was under windows.

when I create a style I get a big box with both character and para styles characteristics.

if there is way to make that appear so I can edit a style, I will be a happy style camper !!

is there??

 

[walt.farrell]

9 hours ago, crownfield said:

if there is way to make that appear so I can edit a style, I will be a happy style camper !!

It should be either a right-click option in the Text Styles panel when you right-click on one of the Text Styles shown, or something you can do from the panel Preferences menu.

[thomaso]

22 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

either a right-click option in the Text Styles panel when you right-click on one of the Text Styles shown, or something you can do from the panel Preferences menu.

… or simply double-click on the name of the text style you want to edit, @crownfield.