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October 30, 2018
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Automatically adding character style to a paragraph style

  • October 30, 2018
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Hello everyone,

A relative newbie here. Apologies in advance if this has been discussed earlier.

I want to make the first line or few words of a paragraph style in a bold style. Is there a way to apply character style to a certain part of a paragraph style?  I know this can be done in Indesign, but can unstructured Framemaker do this?

https://indesignsecrets.com/tip-of-the-week-creating-automatic-run-in-headings-with-numbered-paragraph-styles.php

Thanks in advance!

Regards


Apurva

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Correct answer Be.eM

Apurva,

yes, you can do it exactly like described for Indesign in your link above, or via an actual "run-in heading" as the link title suggests:

1. If the text is always the same (like e.g.: NOTE), you can put it into the numbering field of the paragraph designer:

2. If you want to have variable text at the beginning, just define a paragraph format as "run-in heading" followed by a regular text format:

Bernd

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Be.eM
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Inspiring
October 31, 2018

Apurva,

yes, you can do it exactly like described for Indesign in your link above, or via an actual "run-in heading" as the link title suggests:

1. If the text is always the same (like e.g.: NOTE), you can put it into the numbering field of the paragraph designer:

2. If you want to have variable text at the beginning, just define a paragraph format as "run-in heading" followed by a regular text format:

Bernd

Jeff_Coatsworth
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Community Expert
November 1, 2018

Excellent! I stand corrected - never used it myself, so didn't know it existed.

Jeff_Coatsworth
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Community Expert
October 30, 2018

Yes, but I don't think it's "baked in" like ID does it. I think you'd just have to select the text and apply the desired character tag to it.