Apply a style

Select the item(s) you'd like to tag. Open the Styles panel and select a style from the scrolling list. Click on Apply to tag the selected item(s) with the style. Or
Select the item(s) you'd like to tag. Open the Styles panel and double click on a style name to tag the selected item(s) with the style. Or
(without the mouse) Select the item(s) you'd like to tag. Command-Shift-y to open the Styles panel.  Use the up and down arrow keys to select the paragraph style. Hit Return to tag the selected item(s) with the style. Or
Open the Styles panel. Find the style that you'd like to apply. Click to the left of its name, on the style swatch .   Drag and drop the swatch over an item.  The item will highlight to indicate it can accept the style. If you drag the style anywhere in the document while there is a selection, the paragraphs that are part of the selection will accept the style. Or
Select the item(s) you'd like to tag.  Open the Inspector and select the new style using the style popup.


The <Free Form> style indicates the item has no tag.  Editing the item will not change the attributes of any other items.
Once you have applied a style to selected items, those items will carry the applied style name, and may inherit future changes to that style.
If you apply a style to a paragraph with local font changes, those local font changes are preserved.
You can apply a style in one document to an item in another document.  First open both documents and arrange them next to each other on the screen.  Click on the document with the style you want to use.  Open the styles panel and  it will display the styles from the source document.  Drag the style over the item you wish to apply it in the other document.  The style will be applied to that item and added to that document's list of styles.
You can also apply a style in one document to an item in another document by using the Copy/Paste Style commands.


See also

Create a style
Copy Style command
Editing style