In a text document or frame, you can apply basic styles to selected text, and you can apply paragraph and outline styles to entire paragraphs.

	Use this style type		To control these properties
	basic		The font, size, style (bold, italic, and so on), and color of selected text within a paragraph.
			All the attributes you can select from the Accents window, as well as polygon smoothing of selected drawn objects.
			Background fill and border styles available for selected frames within text.
	paragraph		Line justification, line spacing, margins, and other types of formatting you can set with the text ruler or Paragraph dialog box. Also includes any basic style that is applicable to the selected text, and labels.
	outline		The basic and paragraph formatting (same as above) for each level of an outline.

Related topics

	Choosing style types for custom styles
	Creating your own styles