Copy Styles

After completing this topic, you will be able to copy and paste styles in a style sheet.

Steps:

1. Expand the Bullet List 1 style, which is the default style for Bulleted List elements.

    

   Click the expand button for the Bullet List 1 style.

   Step 1

2. The default bulleted list in the MyStyles style sheet includes spacing between bulleted items.

    

   Collapse the style.

    

   Click the collapse button in the header.

   Step 2

3. Switch to the Standard style sheet.

    

   Click the Standard (Read-Only 2) tab.

   Step 3

4. Select the Presentation star 3 levels style.

    

   Click in the Presentation star 3 levels header.

   Step 4

5. Expand the style.

    

   Click the expand button for the Presentation star 3 levels style.

   Step 5

6. Notice that the style uses a custom bullet. Also notice that there is no extra spacing between bulleted levels.

    

   Use the Copy and Paste commands to copy the Presentation star 3 levels style to the MyStyles style sheet.

    

   Note: You can also use copy and paste to create a copy of a style in the same style sheet.

   Step 6

7. Copy the style using the Edit menu.

    

   Click the Edit menu.

   Step 7

8. Click the Copy command.

   Step 8

9. Switch to the MyStyles style sheet.

    

   Click the MyStyles tab.

   Step 9

10. Paste the copied style using the Edit menu.

     

    Click the Edit menu.

    Step 10

11. Click the Paste command.

    Step 11

12. The copied style is added to the style sheet.

     

    Notice the changes to the indentation and spacing for the bulleted lines.

     

    Since the Bullet List 1 style is the default style for the Bulleted List element, the pasted bulleted list style inherits attributes from that style; in this case, the bolding for the first level text, and the 6 points of spacing and 12 point left indent for all levels.

    Step 12

13. Remove the default setting for the Bullet List 1 style.

     

    Click in the Bulleted List [default] field.

    Step 13

14. By removing the default, the Presentaton star 3 levels style no longer inherits the settings from the Bullet List 1 style.

     

    When you copy a style from one style sheet to another, the pasted results in the target style sheet may not be identical to the source style sheet.

     

    The attributes in the pasted style are affected by the inheritance of attributes from the document body style and default styles of the same element in the target style sheet.

    Step 14

15. When you copy a style that contains custom bullets, the bullets used in the style are embedded in the target style sheet.

    Step 15

After completing this topic, you are able to copy and paste styles in a style sheet.

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