I don't know about anyone else, but I try to use typefaces that match the document I'm creating. A grungy gothic font is my usual choice for something for Halloween. Script fonts with lots of flourishes are what I use for formal invitation/certificate type documents. You get the picture. But what happens when I realize that I have too much text to fit on a single page, but not enough to fit on two pages? And the text is in separate boxes. Or I don't like the typeface? This is when paragraph styles, especially nested styles, can come in handy.
Paragraph styles can simplify your text formatting chores, especially for long documents. They can be a bit of a hassle to create, but once done, they can save time and headaches. Those of you who wrote articles for MacNews know that Terry designed a template in Microsoft Word that had specific styles that corresponded to the styles he used for the newsletter in InDesign. Using those styles meant that Terry had less cleanup work when the individual articles were placed.
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