Indesign Paragraph Styles

[Tania23368984skkz]

I've been doing paragraph styles and always work, until today.  I made a new style based on No Paragraph Style, when i try to apply the style to another pargarph it chages to default, also when I make changes I don't get the plus to redefine the paragaph style. I'm doing what I have been doing for years, did something changed in the updates? Help?

[Tania23368984skkz]

Also, when I open the Paragraph Style Options it shows the font and size I choose. Is just not appling the style.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Trash InDesign's preferences and / or do IDMLing on your file. 

[Tania23368984skkz]

I guess I don't know much about Indesign, were do I find IDMLing or ID-Tasker

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

ID Tasker is a plugin develped by @Robert at ID-Tasker 

To get .idml go to File > Export... and save as .idml. Open that and save as a new .indd file.

But when a paragraph style refuses to to format existing text the problemn is often that a character style has also been apply, either directly, or through a GREP or Nested Style, or formatting has been applied as a local override, so check those things first.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

As Peter mentioned - IDMLing is a way to clean document from gremlins. 

You have two options - Export or Save As. Not sure what's the difference - both produce almost identical files. 

ID-Tasker - is a tool I've created for InDesign that let you automate mundane operations or boost your productivity.

It's not a plugin - would be much more limited - and it's PC only - which makes it even more advanced. Free version is a bit limited but still useful - let's you quickly navigate through your document. 

[Peter Spier]

Not almost the same, exactly the same. Was added to the Save As menu back around CS6 because so many users couldn't seem to find it under Export...

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

I was comparing them in Total Commander - as packages - and there have been few differences - but haven't compared after unpacking. 

[Willi Adelberger · Accepted solution]

I suppose you could have applied a character style. Remove it from the paragraph.