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Set a Hotkey for Clearing Text Style Overrides in InDesign

  • August 19, 2024
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Is there a way to set a hotkey to clear text style overrides?

 

Thanks

 

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Correct answer Abhishek Rao

Hi @turner111

 

Thanks for reaching out. I understand how convenient it would be to have a hotkey for clearing text-style overrides.

 

In Adobe InDesign, there isn't a default hotkey specifically for clearing text style overrides, but you can use the following method to quickly clear overrides:

1. Highlight the text with style overrides.
2. Go to the Control Panel or the Character Styles panel and click the "Clear Overrides" button (a strikethrough plus sign).

 

If you frequently need this function, you might consider setting up a custom shortcut using the Keyboard Shortcuts menu:

1. Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. Select the set you want to modify or create a new one.
3. Look for the "Clear Overrides" command in the Panel Menus section.
4. Click in the "Shortcut" field and press the key combination you want to use.

 

Additionally, please find the below Adobe articles useful: 
Use object styles to format objects in an InDesign document (https://adobe.ly/3AysUCw)
Basics of paragraph and character styles (https://adobe.ly/3AysUCw)

I could find few external articles as well: 

InDesign: Remove all overrides for one paragraph style - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

InDesign CC Tip: Style Override Highlighter | Technology for Publishing LLC (https://adobe.ly/4dQDfIm)

 

We hope this is helpful to you. Please let us know if you need any more assistance. 

 

Thank you,  
Abhishek Rao

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August 19, 2024

Hi @turner111

 

Thanks for reaching out. I understand how convenient it would be to have a hotkey for clearing text-style overrides.

 

In Adobe InDesign, there isn't a default hotkey specifically for clearing text style overrides, but you can use the following method to quickly clear overrides:

1. Highlight the text with style overrides.
2. Go to the Control Panel or the Character Styles panel and click the "Clear Overrides" button (a strikethrough plus sign).

 

If you frequently need this function, you might consider setting up a custom shortcut using the Keyboard Shortcuts menu:

1. Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. Select the set you want to modify or create a new one.
3. Look for the "Clear Overrides" command in the Panel Menus section.
4. Click in the "Shortcut" field and press the key combination you want to use.

 

Additionally, please find the below Adobe articles useful: 
Use object styles to format objects in an InDesign document (https://adobe.ly/3AysUCw)
Basics of paragraph and character styles (https://adobe.ly/3AysUCw)

I could find few external articles as well: 

InDesign: Remove all overrides for one paragraph style - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

InDesign CC Tip: Style Override Highlighter | Technology for Publishing LLC (https://adobe.ly/4dQDfIm)

 

We hope this is helpful to you. Please let us know if you need any more assistance. 

 

Thank you,  
Abhishek Rao

turner111Author
Inspiring
August 19, 2024

Got it! I was looking under Text. Thanks.

Inspiring
August 23, 2024

It can be really hard to locate the menu item or whatever else you are looking for in the Keyboard Shortcuts editing window when there's the potential for multiple panels and menus to overlap in that particular query.

A fail proof way of find the item you need for your shortcut (if it exists) is to save the shortcut list to a text file. Then you can use whatver text editor you like to “Find” and “Find Again” the keyword you need.

I've imported the text for one of my shortcuts sets to InDesign and applied some GREP styles to make it more legible. You can export your own shortcut set to text and import it to this InDesign file and just apply the "0.  Body" paragraph style to make all the grep styles apply themselves to the relevant key names and other text.

For some reason this forum wont complete the upload of any files i put here. Indd, pdf, idlk -- I'll try again later. I

In the mean time I've put the relevant files on github.

https://github.com/aleith/indesign-keyboard-shortcuts