Select and move text on 80 pages

I want to move all headlines in my 80 pages long InDesign (CS4) document about 10mm downwards. Is there a way I can do that with some clicks? All titles have the same paragraph styles.

[Jongware] wrote:
Set a Paragraph Rule Above in that paragraph style. The "Offset" field uses the baseline, so you must experiment a bit to see how much to set it to for a 10 mm distance above. Then set its colour to None, and select "Keep In Frame".
One important difference between using the space before paragraph property and a paragraph rule above is that InDesign ignores space before the first paragraph in a text frame (also ignores space below the last paragraph in a text frame), and a paragraph rule above or below always applies the rule to the paragraph, whether it's at the top or bottom of a text frame.
Another way to think about achieving the same effect is to always use a paragraph with the space below property before the heading you want to separate by xmm. This is appropriate for documents whose style guide specifies that a certain paragraph style must be used before a particular heading style...and, of course, in situations where those who work on the documents follow such style guides rigorously.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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