Maintain visual consistency using object styles. Adobe CS2 InDesign

Maintain visual consistency using object styles

Designers are familiar with the paragraph and character styles in Adobe InDesign CS.

Adobe InDesign CS2 adds object styles, which are based on the same idea, but applied to graphics objects and text frames.

Object Styles palette

You can save a set of attributes, such as a studio’s standard drop shadow settings, under a style name in the Object Styles palette. You can then use the Object Styles palette to quickly apply the style to another object on the layout. Designers and production staff will naturally find great value in object styles, as they represent an easy way to ensure visual consistency at the object level. Because object styles can incorporate attributes such as object-level overprinting of fills and strokes, it’s also possible to use object styles as part of a prepress workflow. For more information about object styles, see the InDesign CS2 Help or User Guide.

Object Style Options dialog box

InDesign CS2 can import object styles from other InDesign CS2 documents so that they can be transferred and shared. For example, a service provider may decide to provide customers with an InDesign CS2 document or template that contains object styles defined with recommended attribute settings for certain color situations.

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