Change any paragraph style by script

Hi !!!
Is it possible change a selected paragraph with any paragraph style by script?
Example:
My paragraph style is:
Font: Garamond, size 7pt, color: black, align justfy (or any selected paragraph style)
Script to set the selected paragraph with paragraph style describe above to:
Font: Humanist, sise 8pt, color: black, align justfy
Drop caps: number of lines: 3, one or more caracteres: 2

I got it.
But there is a trouble.
How can I change into this script the first caracter dropcaps to fill tint 30% Black?
var myPara = app.selection[0].paragraphs[0];
var myChar = myPara.characters[0];
myPara.dropCapCharacters = 1;
myPara.dropCapLines = 2;
myPara.dropcapDetail = 1;
myPara.firstLineIndent = 0;

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graphicsoc wrote:
Hello,
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+To apply a style to one or more paragraphs, select the paragraphs you want to change, or select an entire text box, table, table cell, or shape that contains text. Click the Paragraph Styles button in the format bar, and then choose the style you want to apply+
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ravenowl wrote:
When using paragraph styles I come up against several problems that I haven't been able to figure out with the help menu:
1. When I change a para with the style list it doesn't change the para to the chosen parameters. It changes for instance the font but not the size. How do I make sure that the chosen text gets changed completely?
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2. When I want to create a new style from selection it does not create a style that turns up in future lists. I only get to choose what is already somewhere in the text I am writing and what seems to be a default list that shows up with every new document. To change to something else I have to find a text that has the format I want, copy a piece of it, put it into the text I am working on and then try and change the paragraph style. How can I make sure that I have the styles I want at my disposal whatever I am working on? Can I somehow edit the choices in the style drawer?
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+To apply a style to one or more paragraphs, select the paragraphs you want to change, or select an entire text box, table, table cell, or shape that contains text. Click the Paragraph Styles button in the format bar, and then choose the style you want to apply+
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and where is the format bar?
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I clicked my way through numerous drop down menus but haven't found what this is referring to.
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I suggest you download and read the Pages09_UserGuide.pdf under the Help menu.
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No.
Break Link with Style does exactly what is reads.
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Clear Overrides does not appear in the palette menu for character styles.
Your text cursor needs to be active within the paragraph (or some of the text must be selected with the text tool) in order for the contextual menu to show the Clear Overrides option.
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+ at the end of the style name. You can then Control Click on the Paragraph style to see a list of options such as:
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Hope that made sense.
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spktrm11 wrote: Thanks for the response. I already have established styles. I have a style for "last bullet" and one for "bullets before last". I am trying to do a find and replace so I don't have to individually change the paragraph style of every last bullet. Document: Paragraph Text. (I want to be able to find this specific paragraph, which would be any paragraph before a bullet and change its style.)
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HTH
Regards,
Peter
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