Can I select all the text that has the same formatting in InDesign?

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Hi there!

I'm a complete newb when it comes to InDesign, so I'm sorry if this comes across as a stupid question

I wrote and formatted a document in Word and then sent it to InDesign, where I wanted to make the pages look better and improve upon the formatting.

The problem I have is with the headers I've created in Word (they are written in an 18px uppercase Montserrat), which I want to define as a specific paragraph style so I can further edit them in bulk. However, these headers have the same paragraph style as the body text but simply override it.

Is there any way I could select ALL the 18px Montserrat Bold text inside the document, in order to define a new paragraph style, so I could bulk edit this header font, given that the body text is written in a 12px Montserrat? Worst case scenario, I'll proceed to doing it by hand - but it seems that this nugget should be hidden somewhere in the software

Thank you very much!

winterm · Accepted Answer

Nope, you can't to Select All Similar, like in Illy. Actually, you can't select any objects from different spreads in InDesign, simultaneously.But yes, there is a *hidden nugget*, and its name is Find/Change panel (Edit > Find/Change). It's a quite complex and very powerful tool. Needless to say, it easily can help you to find all text of specific formatting, and apply a given para style to it. All in one go.Explore Find/Change!

Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Answer

For future reference, if you used Word styles, you could import the text and match up to your InDesign styles/

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