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Hi there! This video is about Next style 
in InDesign. Next Style applies another  

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defined style to the next paragraph, when 
you type a return, at the end of a paragraph.  

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A paragraph return signifies the end of one 
style, and the beginning of the new one.

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I have this information already typed in,  

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and if you look closely, you’ll 
find that there are four headings,  

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repeated several times. We have item number, 
item name, item price, and item description.

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One important aspect of next style is that it 
only works when there is a kind of repetitiveness.  

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If one of my items is occupying one line, and the 
other one is occupying two, then this won’t work,  

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because the ‘next command’ is going to consider 
that to be another paragraph, hence the styling  

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will fall apart. So this really has to be a 
defined list of regular paragraph breaks. 

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Alright! Make sure the text box is not selected. 
Click the small plus button at the bottom of the  

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paragraph styles panel, to create a new paragraph 
style. Double-click, and rename it ‘item number’,  

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prefixing it with 1, as the serial number. 
I don’t want to base it on anything,  

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so let it stay based on ‘no paragraph style.’ 
Move on to ‘basic character formats’ tab.  

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Change the font to ‘Museo Sans’, and font style to 
500. Move on to ‘character color’ tab, and change  

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the color of the text, should you want. I’m going 
to keep it ‘black’ for this one, so hit okay.  

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Similarly, let’s create another paragraph style 
and rename it, ‘item name’, prefixing it with 2,  

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as the serial number. Adding serial numbers is 
optional, but it really helps in quick-sequencing.  

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I don’t want to base it on 
anything, so let’s change that here.  

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Let’s move on to ‘basic character formats’ 
tab, and change the font style to 700.  

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The previous settings of the font was 
already there, so I didn’t have to change it.  

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Let’s also check the underline box, and then move 
on to ‘character color’ tab, and change the color  

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to ‘pink’, and hit okay. Same way, add a third 
paragraph style, and rename it ‘item price’,  

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prefixing it with 3, as the serial number. Update 
the ‘based on’ option to ‘no paragraph style’,  

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and then move on to ‘basic character 
formats.' Update the font style to 900,  

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and then move to character color tab, and 
change the color, back to black, and hit okay.

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Now add the last paragraph style, and rename 
it ‘item description’, with a prefix of 4,  

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as the serial number. Update the ‘based 
on’ option to ‘no paragraph style’,  

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and then move on to ‘basic character formats’ 
tab, and change the font style to 300 italics,  

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and uncheck the underline box, and then move on 
to ‘character color’ tab, to chose your color,  

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should you want to. I’m going to stick 
to black, for this one, and hit okay.

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Now all the paragraph styles are done. All we need 
to do is, connect them, so double-click the first  

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one, and click the ‘next style’ dropdown, and 
since this is the paragraph style of the first  

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item, we’re going to select the second one from 
the list, and hit okay. Similarly, double-click  

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the second one this time, and from the ‘next 
style’ dropdown list, select the third item,  

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and hit okay. Now double-click the third item, and 
from the ‘next style’ list, select the fourth one,  

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and hit okay. Lastly, double-click the 
fourth one, and from the ‘next style’ list,  

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select the first one. We select the first one 
to create a loop, because there are only four  

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paragraph styles, the last one needs to be 
tagged to the first one, and then hit okay.

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Now make sure none of your paragraph styles are 
selected. Click the text box once, to select it,  

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and then take your cursor to the first paragraph 
style, which is ‘item number’, and then right  

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click, and select apply item number, then 
next style option. The moment it’s clicked,  

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you’ll find all the paragraph styles are 
perfectly assigned to the respective items.  

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Not just that, if you click the text 
box, and start typing in a fifth item,  

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in the same order, it should 
follow the same style seamlessly.

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Mostly it’s used to create catalogs, or databases,  

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where one can find repetitive fields and 
information, so do make good use of it.

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Alright guys, that concludes our 
session. Hope you’ve enjoyed it,  

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so I’m going to see you in the next one. Good bye!