OK. So I tried a little test (two actually). In a test document with 10-12 lines of text (one paragraph each). I created a $test style and assigned it to the entire document (all lines).

Test #1

I edited each line to apply some "direct" formatting. I made one line bold, another red, another in a different font, another in a larger point size, etc.

Then I edited the $test style changing several of the font and paragraph settings. When I pressed OK, some of the changes were applied to some of the lines, but not all changes were applied to all lines. I didn;t study it much, but couldn't see an obvious (to me) pattern.

Test #2

Then I right-clicked on one of those lines and selected Styles & Update $test to match selection. All of the formatting of that line was applied to all of the other lines.


This sure looks like either a bug or a design flaw.