Automation comes in many forms in InDesign, from the most amazingly powerful scripts, to the simplest shortcuts. And you need to take advantage of automation whenever you can in order to maximize productivity and minimize drudgery. One semi-obscure bit of automation that has existed in InDesign for quite some time is Line Styles. They give you the ability to apply formatting on a line-by-line basis within a paragraph, and they dynamically update the formatting whenever the text reflows due to edits or changes in the text frame.
In the free movie below, David Blatner dishes out a tasty scoop of line style magic that you don’t want to miss. Check it out!
Format the first line of a paragraph with Line Styles
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This article was last modified on July 25, 2019
This article was first published on July 1, 2016
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