InDesign Tip – Character Styles

January 29, 2021

What is a character style?

A character style applies a set of attributes to text in your document. Character styles can be set to include text color, size, italics, etc. and can override a paragraph style. By clicking on the “hamburger” at the top right of the Character Style, select New Character Style from the drop down. Using the categories on the left, you can select the attributes you would like to assign to your character style.

Why is this important to an AEC Marketer?

The benefit to any “style” is that once it’s set, you can make changes globally, or across your entire proposal. For example, if you realize after you’ve been working on your proposal that the RFP states the font size needs to be 12pt, you can change this in a few clicks throughout the entire document, rather than manually changing the font everywhere in the document.

Keyboard Shortcut:

Shift + F11 opens the character style window