Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 136)

3 Select the styles you want to import in the dialog. Hold down the Command key as
you click the style names to select multiple styles, or click Select All.
4 To replace styles in your document that have the same name as the styles you are
importing, select “Replace duplicates.”
Note that replacing a style will affect any text that uses this style. Replacing a style also
changes the style of text in locked objects, but the text retains its original appearance.
If an imported style has the same name as a style in the open document and you do
not select “Replace duplicates,” a number is appended to the name of the imported
style. For example, if you import a style called Body to a document that already
contains a Body style, the imported style will be named Body 2.
5 Click OK.
You can make imported paragraph styles available by clicking the Paragraph Style
pop-up menu in the format bar and in the Styles drawer of your document. Imported
character and list styles will be available in the Styles drawer.
To maintain a consistent look among several documents, keep a master document that
contains all the styles you need. When you need to change a style, change it in the
master document and import the master document’s styles into the other documents.
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