InDesign does the applying of styles very efficiently:
Click on a style applies the style to a paragraph without removing local styling (ie bold, italic, etc)
Option-Click on the style removes local styling without removing Character Styles.
Shift-Option-Click on the style removes all local styling and Character Styles.
I found this out today thanks to being on the Blue World InDesign list. This list is great. Since I am new to InDesign, and I am going to need to know how to use it to train the designers of The BG News, I need all the help I can get.
On a related note, I am learning InDesign quickly. It is so much nicer to use then Quark. Now whenever I have to use Quark I just cringe (even more so then before).
