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Adobe indesign uses12/24/2023 ![]() It loops through the three styles automatically, until the entire list is formatted. Once set up, select the entire list, right click BookTitle and choose Apply “BookTitle” then Next Style. Note that the third style, Downloads, has the Next Style set to the first style, Title. The quickest way to format a long list like this is to set up the three styles with the Next Style assigned as follows: The next example is a list that repeats three styles-book title, the author and the number of downloads. We can even set up a loop for repeating formatting. The next example has four styles set up, and I can assign them all at one time by right clicking ChapNum and selecting Apply “ChapNum” and then Next Style. We certainly aren’t limited to two styles. The end result is the same: InDesign assigns ChapNum to the first paragraph, and Title to the second. Using the previous example-where a chapter number is always followed by a title, and the chapter number definition has the Next Style set to the title style-I can select both paragraphs, then right+click the chapter number style and choose Apply “ChapNum” then Next Style. Next Style can also be assigned to existing text using the context menu in the Paragraph Styles panel. ![]() ![]() Now I can just type in the title content. The new paragraph will be automatically styled as Title. Once set up, after I type a paragraph styled as a ChapNum, I simply press Enter or Return to start a new paragraph. In the example below, I set the Next Style attribute to Title in my ChapNum style definition. Let’s say that a title always follows a chapter number in my document. The first example will how you how to apply styles as you type. It can be used to automatically apply styles in a variety of ways. The Next Style attribute is little-understood property of a paragraph style. Posted on: March 24th, 2021 Author: barb.binder Category: Adobe InDesign By Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on InDesign Home / Adobe InDesign / Adobe InDesign: How to Use the Next Style Attribute Adobe InDesign: How to Use the Next Style Attribute
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