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Apply style…, then next doesn't work

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    • July 26, 2019 at 4:34 am #1177777
      Anon123 Anon123
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      I’ve created several paragraph styles. One of them has a next style set to it, so the paragraph after a title automatically gets a different style. But why isn’t this working?

      When I have a paragraph with a title, I select the title and then right click the title style (with the next style set to it). Then there is not optiopn ‘Apply style, then next’ option. Also when the title style is applied, the next paragraph doesn’t get the set next style when I hit enter. What am I doing wrong?

      I use the newest version of Indesign (2019)

    • July 26, 2019 at 7:42 am #14324382
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Here you go:
      https://indesignsecrets.com/where-is-apply-__-then-next-style.php

    • July 26, 2019 at 11:02 am #14324292
      Anon123 Anon123
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      I found this article before… it doesn’t help me further. It says: ‘You need to select at least two consecutive paragraphs before InDesign will show you the command in the Paragraph Styles palette.’

      How do I select consecutive paragraphs when I only need to select the title to apply the title style? Right clicking the title style doesn’t reveal the ‘Apply style… and then next’ option.

    • July 26, 2019 at 11:29 am #14324291
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      The Apply Style then Next is only used when you want to apply 2 or more different styles to 2 or more paragraphs.

      To apply a paragraph style to a single paragraph, place your cursor in the paragraph and then click one time on the paragraph style name in the Paragraph Styles panel.

      When you are typing, you can press Enter/Return to create a new paragraph, and Next Style will change the paragraph style automatically. If that is not happening for you, then perhaps your text cursor is not truly at the end of the paragraph when you press Enter/Return? It only works when the cursor is at the very end of the paragraph. Or possibly you have not set up Next Style properly. Or perhaps there is some other formatting overriding the paragraph style (such as a character style that is on top of the paragraph style).

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