How to apply character style to whole paragraph

Hi @LearnerS , Are you using soft returns to separate the question and answers? A soft return separates the lines, but they are all part of the same paragraph, which would force you to format the second line with a Character Style.

If you use a regular return there would be two paragraphs, which could be syled differently—the space could be created with the Paragraph Style’s Space After property rather than an extra return:

Here there is a regular paragraph return separating the lines with Space After creating the needed space after the first line:

Now I can format the answer with a Paragraph Style

If a whole paragraph has the same character properties it should not be done via character style. The paragraph style has all what you need to define the character properties. 

A character style should only be used, if there is a difference to the hosting charaacterproperties, like language, color, underline, etc.

Maybe, that you are used to Quark Xpress. There it was common to set up a Character Style on every text. InDesign has a different method to work, which makes it more efficient.

For those rare times you want to apply a character style to an entire paragraph, use the following process:

• Place your cursor into the paragraph where you want to apply the character style variation and quadruple-click — one-two-three-four — quickly with the left mouse button.
• Open your Character Styles panel and select the character styling you want to apply.
• Click your cursor away from the paragraph you just styled and admire your handiwork.

This'll get you where you want to be.

Randy

Hi Srinath,

from your screenshot I do not get what you like to do with the text:

To apply any character style you simple select all the characters you want to format first, then apply the style from the Character Styles panel. Enable the view on invisible characters in Normal View mode to see what's the situation you're in with your text.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

Paragraph styles are used to define the basic format for any text. You can have multiple different paragraph styles for different types of text, headings, sub headings, body text, pull quotes, lists, and so forth.

Character styles are used to change the basic formatting of selected text in a paragraph that must be differnt from the basic paragraph, such as applying bold or italic to a word.

One fast way to create a new style is to select the text involved, change the formatting manually, then go to the appropriate style panel and click the New Style button...

For apply formatting to the whole paragraph you are need to use paragraph style.

Therefore, you can select all the words in the paragpraph and apply character style. Why do you need this?