To apply an Item Style to all selected items, click the Item Style’s name in the Item Styles palette. The New and Delete buttons let you add and delete Item Styles. The Update button lets you update an item style definition based on local changes to the applied item style.

The Item Styles palette

To apply an Item Style, select the target items and then click the name of the Item Style in the Item Styles palette. You can also press the keyboard command shown to the right of the Item Style’s name.

The Item Style applied to the selected item (if any) displays in bold in the Item Styles palette. If the name has a + next to it, the item uses local formatting that is different from what is defined in the Item Style. To remove local formatting from an item, select the item, click No Style at the top of the Item Styles palette, and then click the Item Style name again. You can also remove local formatting by Option+clicking/Alt+clicking the name of the Item Style.

To create, edit, duplicate, delete, import, or export Item Styles, use the Item Styles dialog box (Edit > Item Styles). You can also edit Item Styles by Option+clicking/Alt+clicking the Item Style name in the Item Styles palette or selecting the Item Style and choosing Edit from the Item Styles palette menu.

See also “Creating Item Styles” and “Checking Item Style usage.”