How can I convert all paragraphs using a style to another style?
I have a Document using "Default" style with justification set.
I want to change all to plain left justified.
I have created a new Style with the desired features.
MacOS – convert all paragraphs using a style
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I believe you need to use the Levels control. In the screenshot below, my Body text (regular paragraphs) aren't shown, because I've asked the outline mode to show only heading levels 1 and 2.
(I'm using Pages 4.3 but hopefully this is the same in your 4.2?)
As far as I know, there is no “Select All Uses of …” command in Pages 5.
You don’t need that command to edit the format of all a style’s uses, though. When you change a paragraph's style, like changing some “Body”-styled paragraph’s font, an “Update” button will appear beside the style name in the format sidebar, and the style name will append a * to indicate that it was modified. Click the button and all paragraphs using that style will update.
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Best Answer
The short answer to your question is: Select each block and apply the new style.
But once we are talking about more than a few blocks of text, it's easier to change the current style than to apply a new style.
To do that:
When you have the format sidebar open and you make format changes to a defined style (in your case "Default"), the name of the style in the dropdown menu at the top gets an asterisk ("*") and an "Update" button.
When you click that button, the style gets updated and through that all the elements that use that style get updated as well.
If you want to discard the style change instead, just select the name of the style again in the dropdown.