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: Applying Paragraph style to InDesign text boxes I'm a beginner-to-intermediate user of InDesign. I am unable to apply my Paragraph Style to a number of my text boxes. I have tried holding

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I'm a beginner-to-intermediate user of InDesign.

I am unable to apply my Paragraph Style to a number of my text boxes. I have tried holding Opt/Alt while choosing the PS with no luck. I have also checked for local overrides and character styles, and there appear to be none. The fly-out menu from the Paragraph Styles menu is almost all greyed-out, so it won't let me select the Clear Overrides option.

However, when I double-click the text box to go into the frame, I am able to select the text directly and then apply the paragraph style to it directly inside the frame. This seems weird; I'm hoping there's a way that I can just select the frames normally and apply a paragraph style as usual.

The text came from a Word document that was flowed into each chapter, if that gives any help.

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@Tiffany317

I made this an answer just to be kosher.

If your copy is contained within a single box, you can apply a text style to that box.

If your text flows/links to additional boxes, you can't apply a style via selecting the boxes. You have to apply the style directly to the text. – I usually do a Select All on the copy within the box, then apply the style.

You will also notice that if your text box flows/links and you have it selected (the box), your character and paragraph pallets will be grayed-out.

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