# Modifying Styles

Styles capture the various graphic aspects of elements such as font, fill, stroke, shadow etc. Most templates come with a variety of styles from which to choose.

If you don't find a style that suits your needs, you can modify an existing style.

To modify a style:
1. Choose a style that is closest to what you need.
2. Make stylistic changes you want using the format bar or Graphic inspector tab (and controls on other inspector tabs) as needed.

   You'll notice the selected element updating to reflect your changes. The selected style is overlaid with a pencil to indicate that you've changed some aspect of the style for this element.

3. In the Style Browser mouse over to the edited style and click on the arrow that appears, and then choose an option.

   New: Creates a new style from the combination of the original style and your changes.

   Update: Updates the style to reflect your changes. All elements in the document that have that style are updated.

   Revert: The changes you've made are discarded and the element goes back to having the unmodified style.