In this InDesign how-to video, Mike Rankin shows the secret trick needed to remove a color from a character style. This is done so that the color information will come from the underlying paragraph style. Mike first demos why choosing the “None” swatch won’t get the intended results, then reveals the trick for stripping the color from the style’s definition.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on June 12, 2025
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