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Introduction

This is what we'll create in this episode: character styles to bold place names and italicize foreign terms consistently throughout the article. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Paragraph styles control the entire paragraph, while character styles only control the selected word or phrase. Both work together.

Step 1: When to use a character style

Open the article that already uses a paragraph style. We want every place name like bromo and borobudur to appear bold and colored, and foreign terms to appear italicized. This format is only for specific words, so we'll use character styles.

Step 2: Character Styles Panel | :

Open the Character Styles panel with Shift F11. Click the create new style icon, then double-click Character Style 1 to open its settings.

Step 3: Only different attributes

Name the place names. In Basic Character Formats, fill in Font Style as bold and leave Font Family empty. In Character Color, select sea blue. Character styles should only contain different attributes so they can still follow the paragraph font when applied.

Step 4: Apply to a word

Select the word bromo in the article, then click the place name in the Character Styles panel. The word becomes bold and blue, while the rest of the paragraph remains unchanged. Repeat for borobudur and penanjakan. Create a second character style named istilah that only contains Font Style as italic.

Step 5: Term Style

Apply it to the foreign term homestyle in the last paragraph. Foreign terms now appear italicized consistently.

Step 6: Remove character style

To return the word to the paragraph format, select the word and click None in the Character Styles panel. The format reverts to the paragraph style without any leftover manual formatting. Done

Done!

We've now understood the difference between character styles and paragraph styles. Creating character styles with only different attributes, applying them to specific words, and removing them with None. In the next episode, we create a style hierarchy based on and next style. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy individual classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:31Step 1: When to use a character style

0:50Step 2: Character Styles Panel | :

1:02Step 3: Only different attributes

1:22Step 4: Apply to a word

1:42Step 5: Term Style

1:52Step 6: Remove character style

2:06Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:31Step 1: When to use a character style

0:50Step 2: Character Styles Panel | :

1:02Step 3: Only different attributes

1:22Step 4: Apply to a word

1:42Step 5: Term Style

1:52Step 6: Remove character style

2:06Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: When to use a character style

Step 2: Character Styles Panel | :

Step 3: Only different attributes

Step 4: Apply to a word

Step 5: Term Style

Step 6: Remove character style

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: When to use a character style

Step 2: Character Styles Panel | :

Step 3: Only different attributes

Step 4: Apply to a word

Step 5: Term Style

Step 6: Remove character style

Done!