Para styles based on [Basic Paragraph]
This check ensures that paragraph styles in the document are based on the default [Basic Paragraph] style.
Basing InDesign paragraph styles on others can be a useful way to control hierarchy and to quickly make changes to multiple styles.
The [Basic Paragraph] style is the default style present in every InDesign document and by basing all other styles on it you can make global changes to text for styling and production reasons.
This check looks at every Paragraph Style and flags when there are styles that are not based on the [Basic Paragraph] Style.
When investigating further a list of all is shown and can be saved as a text file for later reference and sharing with others.
Fix this problem by removing unused styles and altering Paragraph Styles to be based on [Basic Paragraph] styles.
Choose InDesign Window menu > Styles > Paragraph Styles, select a style name and from the panel menu select Style Options...
In the Style Options dialog from the Based On dropdown menu change e.g. [No Paragraph Style] to [Basic Paragraph]
Tip: We would recommend that if using [Basic Paragraph] as the basis for your styles you set up the styles beforehand rather than re-attributing 'Based On' afterwards.
