Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 126)

A list style applies to an entire paragraph. It does not affect the appearance of text
(such as font, text size, and so on). The appearance is governed by the underlying
paragraph style.
If you don’t see character or list styles displayed in the Styles drawer, click the
Show Character Styles or Show List Styles button in the bottom-right corner of the
Styles drawer.
Click to show list styles.
Click to show character styles.
Creating New Styles
Customize the look of text by creating a new character, paragraph, or list style.
To create a new character, paragraph, or list style:
1 For character and list styles, select some text.
For paragraph styles, click the Paragraph Styles button in the format bar, select Free
Form at the top of the Paragraph Styles list, and then select a paragraph of text.
2 Set up attributes for the selected text.
To format a paragraph style, see “Modifying Paragraph Styles” on page 129.
To format a list style, see “Modifying Bulleted or Numbered List Styles” on page 132 and
“Modifying a Tiered List Style for Ordered Lists” on page 131.
To format a character style, see “Modifying Character Styles” on page 127.
3 Hold down the Add (+) button at the bottom of the Styles drawer and choose “Create
New Character Style from Selection,” “Create New Paragraph Style from Selection,” or
“Create New List Style from Selection” from the pop-up menu.
Press and hold to
create a style.
4 Type a name for the new style.
5 If you want to include only some of the attributes you set in the new character style,
click the disclosure triangle below the Name field, and then select the attributes you
want.
6 If you don’t want to apply the new style to the selected text, deselect “Apply this new
style on creation.”
7 Click OK.
126 Chapter 6 Working with Styles