Finding and Replacing Styles
Most of the time you change the style of text by selecting the text and applying
a different style. Usually you use the techniques described in “Applying Styles” on
page 125, but you can also change styles by using a find/replace or copy/paste
operation.
When you make changes to individual text attributes without selecting, replacing, or
pasting a new style, you have created a style override. For example, you create a style
override when you use the Font command in the Format menu to apply italics to a
paragraph of text formatted with the paragraph style named Body. The text remains
formatted in its original style (Body), but you have applied changes (italic) on top of
the default style attributes.
When you select text to which you have applied style overrides, the arrow next to the
style name in the Styles drawer is red. (The arrow next to a paragraph style name also
appears red if you have selected text with a character or list style applied.)
When the arrow next to a style
name is red, it means that you
have applied changes to this
style in the selected text.
Overrides can occur when you change the font, typeface, size, or color of text, or apply
the text formatting options in the Text submenu of the Format menu, in the Fonts
window, in the format bar, or in the Text inspector.
If you apply style overrides to some text and then change your mind, you can easily
return the text to the default attributes of the paragraph style.
To copy and paste a paragraph or character style:
1
Place the insertion point in a paragraph or word whose style you want to copy.
134
Chapter 6
Working with Styles
Chapter 6
Working with Styles
135
2
Choose Format > Copy Paragraph Style, or choose Format > Copy Character Style.
3
Place the insertion point in a paragraph or word you want to modify, or select multiple
paragraphs or words to modify.
4
Choose Format > Paste Paragraph Style, or Format > Paste Character Style.
To copy a paragraph or character style to another Pages document, switch to the other
document before choosing Format > Paste style.
The text takes on the new style, but its content is not altered.
To find and replace a style:
1
Click an example of text that uses the style you want to change in the document.
2
Click the Styles Drawer button in the format bar to open the Styles drawer.
3
In the Styles drawer, position the pointer over the name of the style that you want to
replace and click the arrow to the right of its name.
4
Choose “Select All Uses of style name.” All instances of the style in the text body
throughout the document are selected.
To find and replace the styles in the text body plus all text boxes and shapes, choose
Edit > Find > Find. Click Advanced to open the Advanced tab. Select the style to be
replaced and the style to replace it with. Click Replace All.
5
Select the name of the style to which you want to change the selected text.
To remove style overrides:
1
Click the Styles Drawer button in the format bar to open the Styles drawer.
2
Select the text you want to change.
3
In the Styles drawer, click the arrow to the right of the selected style and choose
“Revert to Defined Style” (or double-click the style name). The selected text takes on
the default attributes of the selected style.