plus sign in Object Styles

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 8, 2022
4 replies
3497 views

Hi,

For Object Styles, I started from [None] and saved it as Placed Image.

I edited Placed Image and encountered the plus sign next to Placed Image.

What is the plus sign?

How can I deal with it?

With Paragraph Styles, I didn't see the plus sign, after editting.

Hosun

This topic has been closed for replies.

Correct answer Peter Spier

How can I use it?

What kind information can I get from it?

Hosun

It just tells you which object style is SUPPOSED to set as the default for graphics frames. It will be the default style for shapes (no X in the box) but as we've been discussing, it does nothing for image frames.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

"+" after any style - text / object / cell / table - means local override.

With text - it doesn't mean that you've changed DEFINITION of the style - it means that text in the current paragraph have local formatting - like when you use bold, italic, etc. without using CharStyle.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Make an Object Style named "Place Gun Frame" and it will be the default object style as you place graphics into InDesign.

Mike Witherell

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Ah yes, now that you mentioned it I remember that un-documented trick. Works only for frames created twiththe loaded place cursor, however. Still no way to draw a graphics frame with anything other than [None] to be used later.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

By the way, just so you know, even after 20 years of program updates you STILL cannot actually set a default object style for graphics frames. No matter what you select to be the default style the frame will always revert to [None]. Apparently this is hard-coded into the program and has never been addressed.

E

Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

Really? I just made an Object Style with a document open and selected it before selecting any tools.

It worked - object style was applied.

I then did the same with no documents open

And it worked - object style was the default for new objects.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Really? It doesn't work here for GRAPHICS frames. It will apply that style to a rectangle or other shape, but as soon as you draw a graphic frame or place an image without first drawing a frame the frame will revert to [None]