Keeping formatting when changing styles

[fredsmith]

Okay, if I change the style of a paragraph, then I seem to lose any extra formatting that I changed inside it. It does make sense, but it means I have to go through the whole book and reapply those extra italics again. Is there any way around this?

 

Thanks in advance ... :-)

[Steve]

Hi Fred,

 

Okay, if I change the style of a paragraph, then I seem to lose any extra formatting that I changed inside it. It does make sense, but it means I have to go through the whole book and reapply those extra italics again. Is there any way around this?

 

Thanks in advance ... :-)

 

Yes, there is a way around having to reformat the whole book by hand.

 

Let's say you want to change the style of your section text but want to preserve any bolded, italicized, or underlined text. To do this, you would do the following:

 

1) Select a paragraph that has the Section Text style but doesn't have any bold, italicized or underlined text.

 

2) Make the desired formatting changes.

 

3) Choose Format > Style > Redefine Style From Selection.

 

All paragraphs having the Section Text style will be updated, but will retain any bolded/italicized/underlined formatting.

 

-Steve

[fredsmith]

Hi Fred,

 

 

 

Yes, there is a around having to reformat the whole book by hand.

 

Let's say you want to change the style of your section text but want to preserve any bolded, italicized, or underlined text. To do this, you would do the following:

 

1) Select a paragraph that has the Section Text style but doesn't have any bold, italicized or underlined text.

 

2) Make the desired formatting changes.

 

3) Choose Format > Style > Redefine Style From Selection.

 

All paragraphs having the Section Text style will be updated, but will retain any bolded/italicized/underlined formatting.

 

-Steve

 

Wow ...

 

Worked like a charm! Thanks!