Styles > Character styles > Changing character styles

Of course, you can change character styles again at any time.

Important: When you change the formats stored in a character style, this changes the formatting of all text that was formatted with this style! However, this automatic reformatting is limited to text where you manually changed the formatting after assigning the style (see next section).

To change a character style, proceed as follows:

1.	Right-click in the text to open the context menu and select the command Character style.

2.	In the dialog box, select the style you want to change from the list.

3.	Click on Edit.

4.	Make the desired changes to the style.

5.	In the dialog box Character, click on OK.

6.	Exit the dialog box Character style with Close.

The style has now been changed accordingly.

Determining which character styles are displayed in the dropdown list "Show"

By default, the dialog box Character style displays all available styles. But you can also filter which styles should be displayed in the list:

All styles: Show all available styles. These are all predefined styles and the styles you created yourself.

Styles in document: Show only the styles that are used in the document and the styles you created yourself.

Styles in use: Show only the styles that are actually used in the document.

Updating a character style from existing text

The Update from text button in the dialog box Character style allows you to update a style "from the text".

If you click on this button, the formatting of the currently selected text will be transferred to the selected style. The style thus assumes the exact formatting of this section of text.

To do so, proceed as follows:

1.	Apply the desired character formatting (font, font size, etc.) to a section of text.

2.	Place the text cursor in this section of text or select it as both options work equally well.

3.	Right-click to open the context menu and select the entry Character style.

4.	Select the desired style in the list.

5.	Click on Update from text.

The style now "forgets" its previous formatting settings and assumes the formatting of the selected section of text. (Of course, you can still change the formatting of the style at any time, regardless of this section of text.)

Deleting or renaming character styles

To delete a character style in the current document, select it in the above dialog box by clicking on it and then click on the Delete button. To give a style a new name, click on Rename and type the new name.

Note: The predefined styles that you can choose under Show: All styles in the dialog box cannot be deleted. However, you can reset these styles to their delivery state if you have changed them (when you reset them, they are deleted from Styles in document/Styles in use). If you have changed predefined styles or already used them in the text, they appear in the list Show: Styles in document/Styles in use and can be deleted from this list, but remain in the list Show: All styles in their delivery state. The default style "Normal" cannot be deleted, reset, or renamed.

After you delete or reset a character style, the formatted sections of text in the document retain their formatting. These sections of text are now directly assigned the character style on which the deleted style was based. For more information, see "Based on" character styles. Those formatting options that were explicitly set in the deleted style and now remain in the text are treated as if the text was formatted manually – and are thus retained even if you change formatting later in the style.

If there are character styles based on the deleted style, they are now linked directly to the style basis of the deleted style.

Deleting or renaming character styles in a document template

To delete or rename the styles in a document template, open the document template, make the changes there and then save the template.