Hi there! This video is about Next style in InDesign. Next Style applies another
defined style to the next paragraph, when you type a return, at the end of a paragraph.
A paragraph return signifies the end of one style, and the beginning of the new one.
I have this information already typed in,
and if you look closely, you’ll find that there are four headings,
repeated several times. We have item number, item name, item price, and item description.
One important aspect of next style is that it only works when there is a kind of repetitiveness.
If one of my items is occupying one line, and the other one is occupying two, then this won’t work,
because the ‘next command’ is going to consider that to be another paragraph, hence the styling
will fall apart. So this really has to be a defined list of regular paragraph breaks.
Alright! Make sure the text box is not selected. Click the small plus button at the bottom of the
paragraph styles panel, to create a new paragraph style. Double-click, and rename it ‘item number’,
prefixing it with 1, as the serial number. I don’t want to base it on anything,
so let it stay based on ‘no paragraph style.’ Move on to ‘basic character formats’ tab.
Change the font to ‘Museo Sans’, and font style to 500. Move on to ‘character color’ tab, and change
the color of the text, should you want. I’m going to keep it ‘black’ for this one, so hit okay.
Similarly, let’s create another paragraph style and rename it, ‘item name’, prefixing it with 2,
as the serial number. Adding serial numbers is optional, but it really helps in quick-sequencing.
I don’t want to base it on anything, so let’s change that here.
Let’s move on to ‘basic character formats’ tab, and change the font style to 700.
The previous settings of the font was already there, so I didn’t have to change it.
Let’s also check the underline box, and then move on to ‘character color’ tab, and change the color
to ‘pink’, and hit okay. Same way, add a third paragraph style, and rename it ‘item price’,
prefixing it with 3, as the serial number. Update the ‘based on’ option to ‘no paragraph style’,
and then move on to ‘basic character formats.' Update the font style to 900,
and then move to character color tab, and change the color, back to black, and hit okay.
Now add the last paragraph style, and rename it ‘item description’, with a prefix of 4,
as the serial number. Update the ‘based on’ option to ‘no paragraph style’,
and then move on to ‘basic character formats’ tab, and change the font style to 300 italics,
and uncheck the underline box, and then move on to ‘character color’ tab, to chose your color,
should you want to. I’m going to stick to black, for this one, and hit okay.
Now all the paragraph styles are done. All we need to do is, connect them, so double-click the first
one, and click the ‘next style’ dropdown, and since this is the paragraph style of the first
item, we’re going to select the second one from the list, and hit okay. Similarly, double-click
the second one this time, and from the ‘next style’ dropdown list, select the third item,
and hit okay. Now double-click the third item, and from the ‘next style’ list, select the fourth one,
and hit okay. Lastly, double-click the fourth one, and from the ‘next style’ list,
select the first one. We select the first one to create a loop, because there are only four
paragraph styles, the last one needs to be tagged to the first one, and then hit okay.
Now make sure none of your paragraph styles are selected. Click the text box once, to select it,
and then take your cursor to the first paragraph style, which is ‘item number’, and then right
click, and select apply item number, then next style option. The moment it’s clicked,
you’ll find all the paragraph styles are perfectly assigned to the respective items.
Not just that, if you click the text box, and start typing in a fifth item,
in the same order, it should follow the same style seamlessly.
Mostly it’s used to create catalogs, or databases,
where one can find repetitive fields and information, so do make good use of it.
Alright guys, that concludes our session. Hope you’ve enjoyed it,
so I’m going to see you in the next one. Good bye!