Tag: Nested line styles

Adobe InDesign: Use nested styles to format run-in heads

Posted on: October 31st, 2023Author: barb.binderCategory: Adobe InDesign

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor A nested style allows you to nest a character style in a paragraph style, so that you can assign both with a single click. A classic use case is a run-in head, where we emphasize the first few words of a paragraph. Run-in head example The image below shows […]

Adobe InDesign: Nested line styles

Posted on: October 31st, 2023Author: barb.binderCategory: Adobe InDesign

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor Nested styles have been part of InDesign for a very long time. However, an early complaint was that a user couldn’t assign a nested style to a line of text within a multi-line paragraph. Adobe responded by adding one additional section to the bottom of Drop Caps and Nested […]