Style Application

[horqua]

In PM7, I have a style defined that includes the font, size, bold, left justified, etc. When I apply the style to the selected text, all of the formatting takes except the bolding or the justification. On the style pallette, I notice that a plus sign appears next to the style name. Obviously, this has some significance but I can't figure out what it is. Can someone give me a quick explanation of how to apply my style properly. Thanx!! Knock and the door shall be opened unto you. Seek and ye shall find!

 

[Eggles]

What may be happening is that you have already bolded some of the text and when you apply the style which includes bolding in its definition, you are effectively bolding twice, which PM interprets as 'unbold'. The little + sign on the style happens when you change something within text that has had that style applied to it.

This can happen if you change the attributes of any aspect of the paragraph formatting - even one word. Such as italicising one or more words. Or increasing/decreasing point size of one or more words. Or changing any of the indents or leading...anything that changes the attributes that have been set for that style.

 

[Nohjekim]

I posted this same problem above, and I have been messing around with it since.

While I don't know why this happens, I have found that sometimes placing the cursor in the type and then selecting "No Style" in the style palette then returning to the desired Style Button will clear the problem.

I'm still trying to figure out why this happens to begin with.

I have noticed that the same style setting will work on other type correctly, when it won’t work on the type I want to format. It doesn’t seem to me that the configuration of the type you are changing should make any difference.

Mike