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Applying local paragraph formatting

Applying local paragraph formatting

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Applying local paragraph formatting

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When you can't find the current paragraph formatting you want in the Paragraph Styles panel, and you really need to change something about the entire paragraph, not just a few characters, then the place you need to look at is the Paragraph panel. This is the equivalent of Microsoft Word's Format Paragraph dialog box. I'm going to go and detach it from the dock, so we can concentrate on it. I have to tell you that usually the Paragraph panel is probably the panel you will use the least when you're doing formatting, maybe about 1% of the time, but I need to show you where it is for that one percent of the time that you need it. If you really need to change something about entire paragraph, you really should be talking with the design people about having them create a new paragraph style, so you can apply that style. We really need to move to an all styles driven workflow rather than applying local formatting willy-nilly, because it definitely makes for a more stable document and more…

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