diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/style/object.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/style/object.rs
index dc5f81643..8a156d654 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/style/object.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/style/object.rs
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ pub(super) fn edit_object(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
                 || corners.as_ref().is_some_and(|(o, _)| it.corners == o.named_to_path(&it.path))
                 || frame.as_ref().is_some_and(|(o, n)| it.text_frame().is_some_and(|t| t.options.clone().follow_general(o, n)))
         };
-        let updated = d.update_items(
+        let updated = d.update_placed_items(
             |it| it.object_style == new.name && follows(it),
             |it| {
                 if let Some((o, n)) = &effects
@@ -458,18 +458,10 @@ pub(super) fn edit_object(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         // is in the old one's; when the style set none before, all of it does.
         let mut restyled = 0;
         if new.paragraph_style.is_some() && (new.paragraph_style != old.paragraph_style || new.apply_next_style != old.apply_next_style) {
-            let mut stories = Vec::new();
-            for sp in d.spreads.iter().chain(d.parents.iter()) {
-                for it in &sp.items {
-                    it.walk(&mut |i| {
-                        if i.object_style == new.name
-                            && let Some(tf) = i.text_frame()
-                        {
-                            stories.push(tf.story);
-                        }
-                    });
-                }
-            }
+            // Frames on spreads and parents, in groups, and anchored in stories, table cells and
+            // notes (as IDML import places them).
+            let mut stories: Vec<_> =
+                d.placed_items().into_iter().filter(|i| i.object_style == new.name).filter_map(|i| i.text_frame().map(|tf| tf.story)).collect();
             stories.sort_unstable();
             stories.dedup();
             let styles = d.styles.clone();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index a871b70de..5824be21c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -1002,6 +1002,31 @@ fn a_stroke_added_to_an_object_style_reaches_default_strokes() {
     assert_eq!(weight(&s, stroked_text), 1.0, "a text frame's own 1 pt stroke stays");
 }
 
+/// A text frame anchored in a story (as IDML import places one) takes a new paragraph style of
+/// its object style like a frame on the page.
+#[test]
+fn an_object_style_edit_restyles_an_anchored_text_frame() {
+    use designcraft_doc::ItemId;
+    let mut s = session();
+    s.execute("style.paragraph.create", &json!({"name": "Body"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("style.paragraph.create", &json!({"name": "Lead"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("style.object.create", &json!({"name": "Sidebar", "fromSelection": false, "paragraphStyle": "Body"})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [36, 36, 136, 86], "content": "text", "text": "Inner", "caret": false})).unwrap();
+    let (inner, inner_story) = (ItemId(r["id"].as_u64().unwrap()), designcraft_doc::StoryId(r["story"].as_u64().unwrap()));
+    s.execute("style.object.apply", &json!({"name": "Sidebar", "ids": [inner.0]})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [36, 200, 400, 400], "content": "text", "text": "Before after.", "caret": false})).unwrap();
+    let host = designcraft_doc::StoryId(r["story"].as_u64().unwrap());
+    {
+        let d = std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut s.doc_mut().unwrap().doc);
+        let it = d.item(inner).unwrap().clone();
+        std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut d.spreads[0]).items.retain(|i| i.id != inner);
+        d.story_mut(host).unwrap().insert_object(7, designcraft_doc::AnchoredObject::new(it, Default::default()));
+    }
+    let r = s.execute("style.object.edit", &json!({"name": "Sidebar", "paragraphStyle": "Lead"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(r["restyled"], 1, "{r}");
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().doc.story(inner_story).unwrap().paras[0].style, "Lead");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn object_style_effects_reach_grouped_and_anchored_items() {
     use designcraft_doc::ItemId;