Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 241

Copying, pasting, and deleting styles and properties, Importing and exporting styles

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Beyond the basics 9-17 Copying, pasting, and deleting styles and properties In the Help index,* see: E styles, editing You can duplicate and delete styles, and move them between documents. You can also cut or copy properties and move them to another style. Note You cannot cut or delete a style that is in use. Start by clicking on the Default button bar (or choosing Show Stylesheet from the Window menu) to show the stylesheet palette. Then click the Edit button on the stylesheet palette. To Cut or copy a style Paste a style Delete a style Cut, copy, or delete properties Paste properties Do this Select a style and choose Cut Style or Copy Style from the stylesheet palette's Edit menu. Cut or copy a style, and then choose Paste Style from the stylesheet palette's Edit menu. If the style you're pasting has the same name as another style on the palette, you see a dialog box. Type a new name for the style, and then click Rename. Select a style and then choose Clear Style from the stylesheet palette's Edit menu. (You can't delete a style that other styles are based on, or any style that is in use in the current document.) Select a style, click Edit, and then select one or more properties. Then, choose Cut Properties, Copy Properties, or Clear Properties from the stylesheet palette's Edit menu. Select a style, click in the Properties box, and then choose Paste Properties from the stylesheet palette's Edit menu. Note You cannot cut, copy, or paste substyles. If you want to change or copy information contained in a substyle, edit or copy its properties. Importing and exporting styles You can export all or some of the styles on a stylesheet palette to a separate file, and import them into other documents. This is useful if you want to reuse your favorite styles in other documents, or establish formatting standards for everyone in your organization to use and share. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.

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Beyond the basics
9-17
Copying, pasting, and deleting styles and properties
You can duplicate and delete styles, and move them between documents.
You can also cut or copy properties and move them to another style.
Note
You cannot cut or delete a style that is in use.
Start by clicking
on the Default button bar (or choosing
Show Stylesheet
from the Window menu) to show the stylesheet palette. Then click the
Edit
button on the stylesheet palette.
Note
You cannot cut, copy, or paste substyles. If you want to change or copy
information contained in a substyle, edit or copy its properties.
Importing and exporting styles
You can export all or some of the styles on a stylesheet palette to a separate
file, and import them into other documents. This is useful if you want to
reuse your favorite styles in other documents, or establish formatting
standards for everyone in your organization to use and share.
*
Choose Index from the
or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
To
Do this
Cut or copy a style
Select a style and choose
Cut Style
or
Copy Style
from the
stylesheet palette’s Edit menu.
Paste a style
Cut or copy a style, and then choose
Paste Style
from the
stylesheet palette’s Edit menu. If the style you’re
pasting has the same name as another style on the
palette, you see a dialog box. Type a new name for the
style, and then click
Rename
.
Delete a style
Select a style and then choose
Clear Style
from the
stylesheet palette’s Edit menu. (You can’t delete a style
that other styles are based on, or any style that is in use
in the current document.)
Cut, copy, or delete properties
Select a style, click
Edit
, and then select one or more
properties. Then, choose
Cut Properties
,
Copy Properties
, or
Clear Properties
from the stylesheet palette’s Edit menu.
Paste properties
Select a style, click in the Properties box, and then
choose
Paste Properties
from the stylesheet palette’s Edit
menu.
In the Help index,
*
see:
E
styles, editing