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simon5CD0
Inspiring
February 15, 2021
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Setting a style/template for textboxes in book function

  • February 15, 2021
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I have 2 layouts for textboxes that I am using throughout my book (using the book function) - see example below. I have been copying the boxes around each time I needed a new one, but now I'd like to do this properly so that I can update the layout of these in one place and sync the chapters.

A) Should I use an object style or the object library?
B) Can I save a style/template from an existing textbox or do I need to start from scratch?

Example of a textbox I'd like to standardize:

 

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SJRiegel
Legend
February 15, 2021

You can set an object style that uses paragraph styles.  

By setting it up as Style >Next Style, you can format the whole thing at once. For this the work, the text in the blue box needs to flow with the rest - not in a separate text box.  You can use Paragraph Shading on that paragraph to create the box.

 

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simon5CD0Author
Inspiring
February 16, 2021

I haven't been able to figure out exactly what you mean here and can't find "Style >Next Style".
Are you suggesting applying the object style to the entire text frame? I'm using a text frame that runs all the way through the chapter.

I can't see from your example how you get the box to appear in the middle of the page - it looks like you are selecting the box for the entire page?

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simon5CD0Author
Inspiring
February 16, 2021

I have found "Style >Next Style" and now have something that seems to be working. I'm not sure how the object style is applying the background color since I did not specify it, but it seems to have been added from one of the existing boxes (I must have overlooked something obvious here).

I have previously added paragraph styles to the other chapters by copying in text with the respective styles attached. Could I sync this new object style to the other chapters in a less manual way?

 

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