How to Add Additional Heading Levels in Style Packs

[notannhavoc]

so I have  a document with  500+  blocks of text  imported from Word- each starts on it s own page. There are 4 disitnct level of headings before body text - each level is quite different [2 are  in Hebrew]

Is it possible ot create  these additonal levels in style packs so I can apply the style pack to all 500+  pages?

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[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @notannhavoc,

Thanks for reaching out! Working with a document of that size and managing multiple heading levels, especially with different languages like Hebrew, can be a bit challenging.

To better assist you, could you please tell me which version of InDesign you're using and the details of your operating system? 

As for your question, yes, you can create additional heading levels within a style pack and apply them to your document.

1. You can create a New Paragraph Styles: 
   - Go to `Window > Styles > Paragraph Styles`.
   - Click on the `Create New Style` button to define each new heading level. You can customize the font, size, language settings (for Hebrew), and other attributes.

2. You can organize styles into a Style Group: 
   - Once your styles are created, you can group them by selecting multiple styles, right-clicking, and choosing `New Group from Styles`. This makes it easier to manage and apply them.

3. Apply Styles Across the Document: 
   - With the paragraph styles set, you can use Find/Change (`Edit > Find/Change`) to quickly apply the appropriate style to each heading level across your 500+ pages. This is particularly useful if your headings follow a consistent pattern.

4. You can consider using GREP Styles: 

- For even more automation, consider using GREP styles within your paragraph styles to automatically format certain patterns of text.

We hope this is useful. However, would you mind sharing a screenshot from Word and InDesign showing a reference to your situation? 

Looking forward to hearing back from you!

Thank you, 
Abhishek Rao  

[notannhavoc]

ok - i'm fairly expereinced with paragraph styles but new to style packs - it is my impression that by creating a custom style pack - i can apply the styles in teh pack to teh whole document. I have already created styles for each heading level but it is tedious to  go throguh teh whoel docuemtn page by page - apply style and next style, etc to each  page.

Am on windows 10 - PC - latest version of InDesign

here is screen shot with   appropriate pargraph styles

I want to know how to  add these to a style pack and a globally apply to my document

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @notannhavoc,

Thank you for sharing the information! I’d like to add that you’ll need to select a specific text frame or multiple text frames before applying the style. The style will only be applied to the selected frames or text, not automatically to the entire document.

If you need any more questions, feel free to ask!

Thank you, 
Abhishek Rao

[Mike Witherell · Accepted solution]

Currently, the Machine Learning of Style Packs (brilliant concept that it is) can only guess at a Title, Subhead, Body, List Items. It does not have the ability to discern multiple subheading styles at all. Short answer is no. A better answer is google a script that can change the paragraph style of the text after a certain style. By running that 4 times, you can iterate down through your 4 subhead levels.

Also I noted it says this on the helpx page: "

Note: Auto Style is only available in English (International), English (North America), and German locales."

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/work-with-style-packs.html

[notannhavoc]

Yes – quite right – originally I though tbat by adding extra heading levels it might work but alas no. Did manage to try it – y document is all one  text frame – page breaks built into paragraph styles – so applying to  one text frame should do it but it made a mess of it! yet another Adobe solution in search of a problem!

Am still searching.

Thanks for the replies