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# Defining Styles

Styles are sets of text attributes and specifications that can be replicated when you need to use the same format again. You create and modify styles, and save and load them from the file browser using the Styles menu. The following character attributes are saved with the style: font, colour, outline, shadow, blur, scaling, rotation and shear. In addition, the layer's background colour and opacity are saved as well.

To access the Styles menu, click the Styles button in the Text menu.

(a) Style Mode box(b) Style Option box

To define a style:

1. Select a character with the attributes you want to save.

   You can select multiple characters, but it is the first one that defines the style.

2. From the Style Option box, select Define Style and then click the style button to which you want to assign the style.
3. Click Name and enter a name for the style. Then click the style button to which you want the name to apply.

   The new name appears on the button.

   NoteYou can use Ctrl+Shift and F1 to F9 to assign text attributes to Style buttons 1 through 9 from any menu.

To modify a style:

1. Select the character with the attributes you want to save.
2. From the Style Option box, select Define Style and then click the style button to which you want to assign the style.
   NoteYou can use Ctrl+Shift and F1 to F9 to assign a style to Style buttons 1 through 9 from any menu.

To clear a style:

1. From the Style Option box, select Clear Style and then click a style button.
   NoteIt is sometimes convenient to clear all styles just prior to using AutoStyle to save multiple styles automatically. AutoStyle assigns up to nine style buttons at once. See Saving Multiple Styles Automatically.

To apply a style:

1. Select a paragraph or string of characters to which you want to apply a style.
2. Press Ctrl+F1 to F9, or press the style button, to apply the style to the selected text.

#### Topics in this section

- Saving and Loading Styles
- Saving Multiple Styles Automatically