Format Painter and Worksheet Change Event

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Gap

Hello,

Why does Applying Formats to a Cell using the Format Painter raise the
Worksheet_Change event whereas regular formatting of Cell does not?
Doesn't seem consistent.

Is there a way to detect that the Change was not actually a cell value
change when using the Format Painter?

Thank you

Gap.
 
Gap said:
Why does Applying Formats to a Cell using the Format Painter raise the
Worksheet_Change event whereas regular formatting of Cell does not?
Doesn't seem consistent.

Is there a way to detect that the Change was not actually a cell value
change when using the Format Painter?
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Hi Gap,

The format painter just copies the range you're one when you click it
and then automatically does a Paste Special/Formats on the next range you
select. Doing any kind of Paste fires the Worksheet_Change event on the
worksheet where it occurred. I don't know of any simple way to determine
wither a cell value actually changed or whether something like a Paste
Special/Formats fired the event.

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