Creating and applying character styles

As we've seen, paragraph styles work great with several lines or blocks of text, but what happens if we want to create a style and only apply it to certain words? Well that's where character styles come in. Using character styles allows us to save a set of definitions or rules for a very specific group of characters or words.

Let's say, for example, that you wanted to highlight certain words on your page, this is how we do it:

1. 1. In the Design view, on the Learning page, highlight the word novice in the first line. Then set the following values in the Text panel:

   • Font: Arial

   • Size: 12

   • Bold and Italic

   • Color: Bright Yellow

2. 2. In the Character Styles panel (Window | Character Styles), click on the Create New Styles button in the lower-right corner.

3. 3. Rename the new style by double-clicking on it and entering a descriptive name in the textbox. Call it Bold Yellow.

4. 4. Now that you've created a character style, you can apply it to any other text on your pages...