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• • October 16, 2023 at 12:42 pm #14396583
    Linda Bergeron Szefer

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    One of those pesky little annoyances… Every time I apply a certain Paragraph Style it also applies a needless Character Style, forcing me to reselect the text and set the Char Style to None. The “Redefine Style” in the Paragraph Panel is grayed out when I select the corrected text. How do I detach that superfluous Char Style from the Par Style? What might have caused it to happen? InDesign 19.0, macOS Ventura 13.5.2

  • October 16, 2023 at 1:03 pm #14396584
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

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    Hi Linda, sounds like that paragraph style has a nested style and/or a grep style included. Either of these automatically apply a character style based on a pattern of characters.

    Edit the paragraph style in question and look at those two panels, deleting any grep/nested styles it may contain.

  • October 16, 2023 at 4:08 pm #14396585
    Linda Bergeron Szefer

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    That was one of the first things I checked. No Drop Caps and Nested Styles, no GREP Style. I’m baffled, to say the least.

  • October 16, 2023 at 4:40 pm #14396586
    Linda Bergeron Szefer

    Participant

    More info: This is the 2nd edition of a math workbook done in 2017. The problem appears mostly with numbers in tables, graphs and figures. Bunch of things are being updated (fonts, sizes, colours, frames, etc.). My guess is that a paragraph style containing a Nested Style was applied, locally modified, copied and pasted… over and over. I am applying a fresh paragraph style but somehow the character style remains active. Complicated? Yessir! :)

    Is there a script or something that could let me cancel local modifications on the old text before I import it in the new layout, or better still, as I apply the new style?

  • October 17, 2023 at 6:11 am #14396590
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Option-Shift-click on a paragraph style removes all formatting (including character styles) while applying the para style.

  • October 17, 2023 at 7:23 am #14396592
    Linda Bergeron Szefer

    Participant

    Yes! That does the trick! Adding it on my favourite shortcuts on a Post-It below my screen… Using InDesign since version 1.0 (yep, showing my age), I’m still learning basic stuff like this. Amazing.

    Thanks David and Anne-Marie, you’re a great help as always.

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