Text style names follow ScML

This check makes sure that the names used for InDesign Paragraph and Character Styles match the styles names recommended from Scribe Markup Language (ScML).

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Style names are an important way to describe the meaning of the paragraph, and ScML describes document elements based on their structural function and articulates the relationships among elements.

To see the styles currently being used choose InDesign Window menu > Styles >Paragraph Styles or Character Styles:

ScML recommended style names InDesign’s Paragraph Styles panel
ScML recommended style names InDesign’s Character Styles panel

When everyone uses the same naming conventions everybody involved in your workflow, both now and in the future, has a better chance of understanding what they see, finding what they want and knowing it is complete.

Allowed Style Names

A full list of expected style names can be found on the Scribe website here.

More info on Scribe and their Well-Formed Document Workflow can be found at scribenet.com

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