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<p>Home<br> <br> <br>InDesign<br> <br> <br>Discussions<br> <br> <br>Applying Same Text formatting to multiple lines of...</p><p>Applying Same Text formatting to multiple lines of text</p><p>cutty382</p><p>Community Beginner , <br>Dec 05, 2018</p><p>I am working on a phone directory (see photo) where I need to apply 4 separate character styles to 500 doctor listings. Is there a quick way to do this or do I have to just go through and apply each character style individually?</p><p>I have tried to look up nested styles but couldn't figure it out yet.</p><p>At the moment all I have set up is separate character styles for Doctors Name, Practice, Address and Phone number.</p><p>Any point in the right direction would be a big help, I don't really work in InDesign as much.</p><p>3.1K</p><p>Translate</p><p>Report</p><p>Reply</p><p>1 Correct answer</p><p>BobLevine • Community Expert , Dec 06, 2018</p><p>If everything is in InDesign already AND if the text frames are linked:</p><p>Select all with cursor in a text frame (cmd/ctrl+A) and then right click on the first paragraph style. Choose that and next style.</p><p>If you’ve set everything up properly, the entire document will be formatted. If each entry is in its own frame, I would suggest having the first style always begin in a new frame.</p><p>1 Upvote</p><p>Translate</p><p>Jump to answer</p><p>11 Replies</p><p>Jump to latest reply</p><p>BobLevine</p><p>Community Expert , <br>Dec 05, 2018</p><p>Those should all be separate paragraph styles with each one set to follow the previous one and the first set to follow the last.</p><p>There is zero need for a character style here.</p><p>Upvote</p><p>Translate</p><p>Report</p><p>Reply</p><p>Steve Werner</p><p>Community Expert , <br>Dec 05, 2018</p><p>Here's the Help file. Read the section on "Next Style" if you're not familiar with that feature:</p><p>Apply paragraph and character text styles in Adobe InDesign</p><p>Upvote</p><p>Translate</p><p>Report</p><p>Reply</p><p>Geоrge</p><p>Mentor , <br>Dec 06, 2018</p><p>Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner</p><p>Upvote</p><p>Translate</p><p>Report</p><p>Reply</p><p>hammer0909</p><p>Community Expert , <br>Dec 06, 2018</p><p>Next style could work but usually information such as what you are showing is contained in an excel file somewhere. You might have better luck with Data Merge.</p><p>Upvote</p><p>Translate</p><p>Report</p>
