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1. First, create a character style called “Headings1” for the highest level headings.
At this point, select the special typeface you want, specify 24 points for the
size, and enable bold.
2. Next, add a style called “Headings2”, select the “Headings1” style in Based on
and specify 18 points for the size.
3. A character style called “Headings3”, based on “Headings2” and with 14 point
type, can follow for the next lower level, etc.
Benefit: If it should occur to you later that a different font is better suited for the
headings, you can reformat all the headings with the styles “Headings1” through
“Headings3” in this font merely by changing the font specification for the “Headings1”
character style. If you had based the heading styles on “normal”, you would
have had to change the font specification for each style separately.
Relative font sizes
When you base one style on another, you can, if you wish, specify the font size in a
relative manner. For example, you can specify that the font size for style X should
always be 80% of the font size for style Y.
You can do this as follows:
1. Invoke Format > Character Style.
2. Select a style and click on Edit.
3. Switch to the Style property sheet.
4. Enable the Scale option.
5. Enter the desired factor as a percentage – for example 80.
6. Confirm with OK.
The font size for a style edited in this manner will always be 80% of the size
specified for the style on which it is based.
Character styles and the sidebar
On the previous pages, you have learned how to create, apply, and modify character
styles. Alternatively, you can perform these tasks with the help of another very
useful tool in TextMaker: the sidebar.
Manual TextMaker Styles 125