: Remove just a part of an InDesign style In Adobe InDesign, I frequently come across complex paragraph or character styles that might have 10+ attributes defined, where I want to unset just one

@Miguel516

have you tried redefining the style?

apply the "caption" style to a paragraph of text. manually change the 1 bit of info you want to change. with the paragraph text highlighted, right click on the "caption" style sheet in the style sheet palette. Then select "redefine style" (4th down on the fly out menu). Whatever changes you manually made to that paragraph are now updated in the style sheet.

doesn't update style sheet with nested styles, but will update regular paragraph style sheets. you can also do this to character style sheets.

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@Smith574

Not really a solution, but potentially a shortcut if you're only using few styles:


highlighting (Cmd+A) the text (i.e. font family or font style) and pressing Fn+Opt+Delete sets it to the last selected style. Doesn't work with size.


However, if you're making many formatting changes between them that you have to screenshot one style, you're probably better off just creating a new style anyway.

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@Lengel450

I just tested this, and it looks like if you take your "Caption" style and set the attribute to match the "Based On" style, any further changes to the parent will carry over to the child. In other words, changing the attribute to match the definition in the Based On style "resets" the attribute.

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@Looi7658678

The only workaround I have found is:


Take a screen shot of the definition on the General panel.
Click Reset to Base.
Painstakingly re-create the 14 attributes that I wish to keep.

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