Paragraph style - Drop shadow on text

Hi,
I cannot find out how to apply a drop shadow to text in a paragraph style.
It looks like drop shadow can only be applied to Object style.
And object must be selected with selection tool. My text box goes up to 30 pages!
I don't want all the text with shadow.
Any help or cue will be appreciated.
thanks

Drop shadows can only be applied to all text within a Frame. You will need to separate the paragarphs you want a drop shadow from and Anchor those within the text.
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