Why won't paragraph styles change?

I opened a document from a few months ago and updated paragraph styles to a different font. However when I click on text and assign a style it has no effect. If I go to "basic paragraph" and click on that while holding down the option and shift keys, then it seems to remove whatever is stuck and then I can assign the style. But if I have to do this with every part of this 70 page document it is going to take a long time. Is there some way to make this go easier?
The other thing is that I assigned keys to each style and I notice that even though I changed the paragraph styles to a different font the keys say they are assigned to the prior font, so maybe this is part of the problem.
Suggestions very welcome.

No.
Break Link with Style does exactly what is reads.
If you have a paragraph using the 'Body' style and you use the Break Link with Style option, then the paragraph retains the current appearance and settings, but is no longer associated with the 'Body' style. So, when and if you change the 'Body' style, that paragraph will not change.
Clear Overrides reverts manual styling to the applied Paragraph Style. So, using the example above, assume your 'Body' style uses Myriad Pro Bold, and you manually change the font in a paragraph to Myriad Pro Black, that is an override. Selecting "Clear Overrides" reverts the font back to Myriad Pro Bold.
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.
Another option is to check the Paragraph Style Palette with the text cursor active in a paragraph. If there is any paragraph style applied, then it should appear bolded in the list. If there are any overrides applied, there should be a
+ at the end of the style name. You can then Control Click on the Paragraph style to see a list of options such as:
Apply Style
Apply Style, Clear Overrides
Apply Style, Clear Character Styles
Apply Style, Clear All
HTH
-mt

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