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above the font size controls.
in the top-left corner. Type a name for the new style. Only the currently selected text uses this style until you apply it to other text.Revert changes to a character style: Swipe left on the style name (you see Clear Overrides on the right). The formatting changes for the selected text are removed and the formatting of the original character style is retained.
Tap Done in the top-right corner of the controls, then tap the document to close the Format controls.
Why does the style have an asterisk or Update button next to it?
When you change the appearance of text (its color or size, for example), an asterisk (*), or an asterisk and an Update button, appear next to the style name to indicate that it has overrides. To deal with an override, you can do one of the following:
Ignore it: Leave the override in place, and keep the edits you made to your text. Other text that uses the style isn’t affected and the asterisk and Update button remain.
Update the style to incorporate the overrides: Tap Update. The style is updated with your changes, all text in your document that uses the style is also updated, and the asterisk and Update button are removed.
Remove the override: Tap the style name (but not the Update button). In the style menu, tap the style name. Your text reverts to its original appearance and leaves the style unchanged.
If you select some text in a paragraph that has a paragraph style applied to it, and then change its appearance, you may see only an asterisk next to the character style name and not an Update button for the paragraph style.
Redefine a style
You can modify an existing text style, then redefine the style to use the new formatting.
Select the text you modified, then tap
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