Adobe InDesign Using Paragraph and Character Styles 2

Question 1

What is the key difference between a paragraph style and a character style in InDesign?

Accepted Answer

Paragraph styles apply to entire paragraphs while character styles apply to selected text runs

Answer

Paragraph styles format the whole paragraph; character styles format only selected characters within it.

Question 2

Which attribute can only be set by a paragraph style, not a character style?

Accepted Answer

Text alignment (justification)

Answer

Alignment is a paragraph-level attribute and cannot be defined in a character style.

Question 3

What does it mean when a paragraph style name shows a plus sign (+) next to it in the Paragraph Styles panel?

Accepted Answer

Local overrides have been applied to the selected text

Answer

A plus sign indicates the text has local formatting that differs from the defined style.

Question 4

How do you clear all local overrides from text using a paragraph style?

Accepted Answer

Alt/Option-click the style name in the panel

Answer

Alt/Option-clicking the style name reapplies it and removes local overrides.

Question 5

What is the benefit of basing one paragraph style on another (parent style)?

Accepted Answer

Changes to the parent automatically cascade to children unless overridden

Answer

Basing styles creates a hierarchy so parent edits ripple down to dependent styles.

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