Hi Chris, I don't know if this helps, but once you set say normal text to have different size, font , justification etc via "Update Normal Text in this Variant" you're creating two distinct styles, so to globally change the colour you will need to set that colour change in both styles independently "Update Normal Text in this Variant" on each occasion.
I can't think of any reason to change the spelling in either variant as they're shared across all variants.
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