Type tool - Multiple commands

Is there a tool for editing multiple words in a paragraph at the same time? Example to add bold, italics, change the color or change the font to certain words in that particular paragraph?

Type tool - Multiple commands

You don't say what program you're doing the formatting in, nor what platform you're using, so that makes an answer rather difficult.

Very very few programs support selection of multiple, separate bits of text within the same block of text.

However, a number of programs, such as Adobe InDesign, support character styles. You would want to set up a character style with all the formatting attributes you want to apply, and then you could apply it to the selected words one at a time, and they would automatically pick up the formatting you want.

The styling paintbrush in Microsoft Word can also be used to apply a bunch of different formatting parameters all at once, though again only to one continuous piece of text at a time.

Regards,

T

Type tool - Multiple commands

OK for example...InDesign. Is there a tool that you can select SPECIFIC words to effect...as opposed to the whole paragraph??thanks

This is an example of what I mean in Photoshop. For selecting multiple words in the same paragraph. It would be nice if this tool existed. For example when you have the text tool selected, you should be able to hold shift and select multiple words.

If it's any help, you can also select multiple individual words in Word 2007 (don't know about other versions) by holding down the CTRL key while you drag the mouse. You can then apply the formatting in the usual way to all of them simultaneously.

My nderstanding was that the original poster wanted to select non-continuous words. For example, one word in sentence one, one in sentence three, and so on. There are some apps that can do this for arbitrary text, biut it's not a common feature. (Word has the capability to select stufff that already has the same styling, though, kind of like having character styles without actually applying them.)

Cheers,

T

My impression is that anyone wishing for this functionality in Photoshop is using the wrong application.

'My understanding was that the original poster wanted to select non-continuous words'.

Mine too. Just checked in Word and it works as described. Select the first word in the series without CTRL and then CTRL-select any others that you want. Unless you select one word in the ordinary way first, CTRL-select gives you the entire sentence.

John