Paragraph styles won't update

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December 27, 2018
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I'm trying to change the paragraph style in a book. I've changed the font and font size and they updated through the document. I also need to update the justification so I've changed the option to full justification but it won't update through the document. It's a 160-page book and would take me hours to manually reset the justification for each paragraph.

Any suggestions?

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Correct answer Bill Silbert

It sounds like you may be trying to change the justification through the Justification tab which actually controls Single Word Justification. You control Paragraph justification for a Paragraph Style through the Indents and Spacing tab in the Paragraph Style Options dialog window. See screen shot:

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Rhonda:

Or maybe you are running up against overrides?

An easy way to update a style is to use the Control Panel (Window > Control). This will change the active paragraph and displays a + next to the style name. (A + indicates an override.)

Just right+click the style with the override and choose Redefine Style.

All of the other paragraphs using that style will update.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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RhondaMK123Author

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Thanks, Barb. That wasn't the problem this time but I dealt with it earlier in the project. I figured it out the hard way, but I sure wish I had asked here first because it would have saved me a lot of frustration!

Bill Silbert

Correct answer

Community Expert

It sounds like you may be trying to change the justification through the Justification tab which actually controls Single Word Justification. You control Paragraph justification for a Paragraph Style through the Indents and Spacing tab in the Paragraph Style Options dialog window. See screen shot: