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Tim Hurst
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July 27, 2013
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First line bold

  • July 27, 2013
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I am very, VERY new to InDesign. I have many pages of text and need the first line of each paragraph, up to the first return, to be made bold. Can I find and/or write a script to do that? Again, I'm just really learning to open the program. I'm using a Macintosh running OS 10.6.8 and InDesign 6. THANKS!

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Peter Kahrel
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Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
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July 27, 2013

You don't need a script: you can do this with a so-called nested style. Do this:

1. Create a character style, call it 'bold' (without the quotes), and set its font style to bold.

2. Modify the paragraph style you use for the text: go to the Paragraph Style Options window, then select 'Drop Caps and Nested Styles'.

3. In the 'Nested Line Styles' pane at the bottom of the window, click 'New Line Style'. Select your character style 'bold' and set the number of lines it needs to be applied (which defaults to 1, which you want).

Peter

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