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tschaepps
Inspiring
November 25, 2018
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Redefine Paragraph Style missing in 14.0.1?

  • November 25, 2018
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When I create a paragraph style, then decide to tweak it and have it reapply across all existing instances of that style, I used to be able to right click the style and click "redefine paragraph style" to achieve that. Can't find this function in 14.0.1, might be my own negligence?

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Correct answer tschaepps

Nevermind.

This turned out to be a weird case.

I had made a paragraph style, tweaked the style with the regular paragraph tools, then highlighted the text again and tried to right click the paragraph style from the Styles List menu, and couldn't find "Redefine Style".

Turns out this option was not available simply because the text contained a nested character style from the Drop Caps settings, and didn't consider itself to be a single style and couldn't be redefined.

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defaultc6uygl0qf8hy
New Participant
June 3, 2023

Hi!
i have the same problem. There is no such a thing like 'redefine style' in my indesign 18.2.1. I work on macbook, the shortcut which i used before cmd+shift+option+R also doesn't work. Could anyone help me? i work on polish language version.


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defaultc6uygl0qf8hy
New Participant
June 3, 2023

finally i've uninstalled polish version, had to delete all my preferences and installed english one. now it is working but... shame on you adobe

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tschaeppsAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 25, 2018

Nevermind.

This turned out to be a weird case.

I had made a paragraph style, tweaked the style with the regular paragraph tools, then highlighted the text again and tried to right click the paragraph style from the Styles List menu, and couldn't find "Redefine Style".

Turns out this option was not available simply because the text contained a nested character style from the Drop Caps settings, and didn't consider itself to be a single style and couldn't be redefined.

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Laubender
Community Expert
November 26, 2018

Hi tschaepps ,

I tried to recreate your issue and failed.

Can you give a more detailed explanation what you did?

Or even better:

Provide a sample document with just one dummy paragraph with overrides that one could try to change with "Redefine Style".

Do it by Dropbox or a similar service and post the link.

Hm. At the moment you tried "Redefine Style" was the selection only one character?
Or did you select more characters with perhaps conflicting formatting?

Thanks,
Uwe

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