How can I apply changes made to a paragraph to all pars with that style? Can I update a style from a local change?
Make the changes as needed. Open up the control palette, set it to “paragraph mode” by clicking on the paragraph marker near the lower left corner. The palette will display the current style name with a + sign by it. Press and hold Ctrl-Shift/Command-Shift and click on the control palette’s style name. Up pops a prompt to: “Press OK to update style with current settings.” An undocumented feature: To update a style which you have changed locally, start by selecting the changed paragraph… From the Paragraph panel of the Control palette, hold down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and cl;ick the style name. PM will ask if you want to replace the style’s formatting with the formatting of the selection. Click OK.