NoOp wrote:

>> I thought you should just change the style that is used by the labels
>> anyway, no need to assign a new style to the labels text. Go to the
>> stylist, select the character style "Default" and adjust it to your needs.
> 
> I suppose that would be the way to do it. Unfortunately, you cannot
> simply edit the default style in the style editor, so that bit is
> confusing. 

Sorry, of course I wanted to suggest to change the paragraph style. This
one is editable. Sorry for that.

> However, why would I want to do that? If I insert a new page for say, a
> letter, the default character style will now be the same as that used
> for the labels, so I need to create a new "alternate default" for the
> rest of the document... is this correct? Is there a way to apply the new
> default character style only to the page that the label is on rather
> than the entire document?

Yes, you are right. I didn't suggest this as a "one for all" solution,
just something that comes in handy for the problem discussed here.

> For the reasons that Peter pointed out I find using tables considerably
> easier & more flexible. But, I'm certainly willing to learn & try the
> frames method as well :-)

Peter mentioned some interesting points that are worth thinking (will
do). If it was only for the selection we could treat it as a usability
bug (what it IMHO is) and make the selection in case of the frames better.

Ciao,
Mathias

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