Object styles

An object style keeps repeated shapes consistent. It can hold appearance settings such as fill, stroke, opacity, and effects so you do not have to adjust every copy separately. Select an object with the appearance you want and open Styles in Properties to create a named object style.

Apply the style to another object from the Object section of the Styles panel. Styles saved in the current document can remain linked: redefining the style updates objects that use it. This is useful for repeated callouts, buttons, or badges. Give styles names that describe their role, such as “Primary callout,” rather than a color that may later change.

Overrides and library styles#

If you change a styled object after applying the style, the panel shows its override. Reset returns it to the style; Update uses the selected object's appearance to redefine the style. Check other uses before updating a style shared across many pages.

The cross-document Library also shows saved appearance entries. Applying one is a one-time stamp, so later changes to that library entry do not update objects already stamped with it. For text-specific formatting, use paragraph and character styles. For reusable content and structure, use Blocks.