Wrong paragraph style when text is placed

[Grundoon Groundhog]

The paragraph style applied to an empty text box is correct: it is general text. When the text is flowed in, the style becomes an incorrect style: it becomes poetry. I checked the empty box before flowing; the style was correct. Is there something in the text flow preferences I'm not aware of and did not create? Why would this happen? MAC, Ventura, ID CC 2024.

[Steve Werner]

I've found that there is another place to look. The text frame is selected and the correct font, style etc. are selected:

But if I look at my Paragraph Style list, a paragraph style with different attributes is selected. The Paragraph style wins! Make sure you don't have an active paragraph style when placing text.

[Grundoon Groundhog]

The active style is the correct one until the text is flowed in; then the paragraph style changes.

[Steve Werner]

That's what happened in my illustration above. If there is no active paragraph style, the settings in the Control panel for the text are applied as intended.

[Grundoon Groundhog]

OK. I'll try deleting the style from the otherwise empty text box. Still curious as tohow and  why it chooses a style to impose.

[Willi Adelberger]

Has the object style a specific paragraph styles defined?

Or do you have a character style selected which will change the paragraph properties?

[Grundoon Groundhog]

No, it's not the character style problem. The paragraph style is set but another style substitutes for the set style.

[Willi Adelberger]

Is a Paragraph style defined in the Object Style. If so, what style is it?

[Grundoon Groundhog]

Yes. The defined paragraph style is general text. When Microsoft Word documents are flowed in they become the poetry style.

[mk-will]

Hi, @Grundoon Groundhog ,

so you are talking about importing text from a Word document into ID frames?

How do you import the Word text?

Copy-Paste? -> Do paste as plain text.

Importing via menu? -> Tell ID to ignore the original formatting when placing the text.

Regards

Stephan

[Willi Adelberger]

I am talking about the paragraph style which is in the Object Style defined, not the style selecte Style in the Paragraph Style.

[Grundoon Groundhog]

I don't know what the Object Style defined is. How does that apply to a type style? I've never consciously used it.