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The format painter is a command which lets you copy formatting from one cell to another
The format painter is a command which lets you copy formatting from one cell to another.
It is a great tool, which saves you lots of time!
The Format painter can be used to copy to single cells or ranges.
Format Painter is used by clicking on its button () in the Ribbon.
Let's try some examples and copy formats with Colors and font Characteristics, such as bold, italic and underline:
Copy the red color from cell A1
to cell B1
.
Step by step:
A1
Notice the dotted border around cell A1
. This indicates that the format is copied and ready for pasting. Let's paste it to cell B1
!
B1
Copy cell B2
to cell C2
. That is right, let's try to paste to a range of two cells!
A2
B2
and hold an drag to cell C2
Now do it yourself! Copy the format from cell A3
to range B3:D3
.
Last example. Copy the font characteristics from range A4:A6
to range B4:B6
.
Step by step:
A4:A6
B4:B6