Apply character styles to content

Character styles are a collection of rules that define how your text behaves and looks, such as the font and colour. In contrast to paragraph styles, they are not used for the text formatting of entire paragraphs, but merely to make certain characters, words, phrases, or sentences stand out. For example, there might be words or phrases that need to appear in bold or italic.

You might be used to using styles through the Styles section of the Home tab in the Microsoft Word ribbon. However, in an automated publishing workflow, built-in Word styles (such as bold and italic) do not carry through to the final output. To specify how the text should look in the final output (such as a PDF), use Typefi character styles instead of the built-in Word styles. Typefi character styles are specified in the Adobe InDesign template.

View the Word document in outline mode (View → Outline) or draft mode (View → Draft) to easily keep track of which character styles you’ve applied.

Use the Character Styles panel

The Typefi Character Styles panel is only available in the 64-bit edition of Typefi Writer. For more information, see Choosing between the 64-bit or 32-bit edition of Typefi Writer.

To apply a character style to selected text in Word using the Typefi Character Styles panel:

1. Select the text in Word.
2. In the Word ribbon, click the Typefi tab and find the Styles area.
3. In the Styles area, click the Character Styles button.
   
4. In the Typefi Character Styles panel, click the desired Typefi Character Style name. In the screenshot below, the desired Typefi Character Style name is annotation reference.
   
5. Continue selecting text and clicking different character styles from the Typefi Character Styles panel to apply styles to other pieces of text.

Use the Character Styles button

The Typefi Character Styles button is only available in the 32-bit edition of Typefi Writer. For more information, see Choosing between the 64-bit or 32-bit edition of Typefi Writer.

To apply a character style to selected text in Word using the Typefi Character Styles button:

1. Select the text in Word.
2. In the Word ribbon, click the Typefi tab and find the Styles area.
3. In the Styles area, click the Character Styles button.
   
   

   Click Apply Last Used to quickly apply the last used style.

4. In the Character Styles dialogue, select the desired Typefi Character Style Name.
   
5. Click OK.