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• • March 29, 2011 at 2:31 am #59098
    hornet_ant

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    Hello everybody.

    I'm still fairly new to indesign and am self taught so feel I have missed some of the little tools that make life simpler.

    One such problem I'm having is that when I import text into my brochure I'm creating, I need it to be formatted the same as the rest of the text in my project. Is there a simple way for me to copy the formatting style in the rest of the document or do I have to choose the specific font, colour, size and justification every time I import some new text?

    I know in Microsoft word for example there is a specific button which copy's the formatting from one section of text to another, is there a similar kind of button in indesign?

    Thanks

    Ant

  • March 29, 2011 at 6:05 am #59099
    Anonymous

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    You should use Paragraph Styles

    Have a look through these exceptionally excellent Videos https://tv.adobe.com/show/learn…..esign-cs5/

    If you can you should buy Sandee Coheens Visual Quick Start guide https://www.peachpit.com/author…..32D67E24BC

  • March 29, 2011 at 3:47 pm #59105
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

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    However, the tool that is the closest to the Format Painter tool in Word is the Eyedropper tool in InDesign. The tool that looks like an Eyedropper! :-) You use it to pick up formatting (copy) and “drop it” (paste) onto other text.

    It doesn't work exactly the same as the Format Painter tool, and in many ways is much more powerful (try double-clicking it to see its settings). Fool around with it, and read the online help instructions on it:

    https://help.adobe.com/en_US/in…..6e64a.html

    But in the end, you're going to find Paragraph Styles and Character styles much faster, especially being able to apply them automatically in the Word import dialog box, or via Find/Change, or with Quick Apply.

    AM

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