Can I make a line-tool line 'style' (InDesign)

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I am using three different line types, created using InDesign line tool.

This simplified music stave is used over and over (for different tunes).

The stave, and its lines, are not a single size.  ALL line lengths vary (depending on the tune length!).

I am wanting to standardise the three line types for line point size (only), retrospectively (!), on a large number of staves.

Can I, in Indesign, set three different line tool point sizes which I can then apply simply by highlighting the lines and clicking?

[Randy Hagan]

There are ways you can create object styles with InDesign, but if the lines are not only consistent thicknesses but also consistent lengths, you can store them in an InDesign library to drag out and apply at will.

You can find out more about how to reuse objects you create within InDesign in this link:

Hope this helps,

Randy

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Thanks Randy. But there are too many! It will not be quicker than highlighting each individually. I've added a screenshot to try and explain the problem better.

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Hi Randy, thanks, but this won't do (please see re-edited question)

[Geоrge]

Did you ever try stroke styles? 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/applying-line-stroke-settings.html#define_custom_stroke_style...

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Hi! Yes I have. But I can't make 'stroke' styles apply to lines made with the line tool...

[Geоrge]

Are you sure?

 

 

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Hi! I'll try again. But what happened was that although my custom lines appear on the list of options they only work on frames, not line-tool-drawn lines...?only be effective

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OK... stroke style DOES recall the line style (dot, dash, wavy line, diamonds etc) BUT it doesn't save the point size. Thanks for sticking with it.

[Geоrge]

Here you go with object style -

 

[Scott Falkner]

If your line is meant to be attached to text look at creating a paragrph style and adding paragraph rules. You can control the weight, colour, and style of the rule as well as its position relative to the text and its length relative to the text margins.

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Hi Scott, Thanks for you answer. I've re-edited the question to try and explain better my problem...

[nigelfrench]

You can do this…

Type a series of vertical pipes and apply a paragraph style that has the following properties:

Full Justify alignment

Paragraph Rules: rule above, 3pt

Nested Styles: a light weight character style applied through 3 characters, followed by a bold weight character style applied through one character. Then repeat the last two nested styles. 

Hopefully the screenshots make this easier to follow. It's a bit of hack and you might be better off making a Pattern Brush in Illustrator if you're comfortable using Illustrator.

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Thank you! I'll give it a try. (Illustrator is not an option!)