Using style families When you base a style on another, the style “inherits” the attributes of the parent style. When the parent style changes, Canvas also updates all related styles. In addition to inherited attributes, the style possesses its own attributes, which you specify. A style’s own attributes always take precedence over attributes inherited from the parent style. To create a type style To save the attributes of exist- ing text as a style, place the insertion point in the text and choose Text > Type to open the Type palette. You can also save current Type palette, Text menu, and Text Ruler settings as a style, without first applying them to text. After you choose settings for a type style, click the Styles tab in the Type palette to bring it to the front. Example. Displays a sample of text with the current formatting settings applied. Description. Lists the current character or paragraph attributes. The C and buttons toggle between descriptions of character and paragraph attributes. To save a type style, click Cre- ate to open the Create Type Style dialog box. Configure the following settings. Character or Paragraph. Click one of these buttons to specify what kind of style you want to create. Based on. Choose a style name in this pop-up menu to base the style you are creating on an existing style. To disable this feature, choose None. See “Using style families,” page 29.568, for more infor- mation. Include. Select the attributes you want to save as part of the style. You can include ink set- tings (fill and stroke attributes that have been applied to existing text) in character and paragraph styles. For para- graph styles, you can also include font attributes and tab settings. If a text selection has more than one fill ink, pen ink, or stroke, you can’t include these attributes in a style. In addi- tion, when text doesn’t have a stroke, you can’t include strokes in a style. Style name. Type a name for the style. Click Save to store the style and close the dialog box.
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