Format painter

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nkb

I am trying to use format painter to copy text and shading of cells in a
table and apply this same shading (text is the same) to other cells. It does
not seem to work. I select the cell w/ shading, click on the format painter,
then select the cell(s) that I want to shade. Nothing happens. Am I doing
something wrong? Thanks.
 
As far as I know, the Format Painter can only be used with text formatting
and, to a certain extent, with graphics.
 
But, when I looked at the MS tutorial, the Format Painter changed a row from
no shading to color shading and a different font. Hmmm... Thanks for your
reply, Stefan.

nkb
 
Stefan, after watching it again, it appears that it won't copy shading from
one cell to another in a table. It was only a heading w/ a top and bottom
border w/ shading that was copied w/ the format painter. And cells in Excel.
Sorry for my confusion.
 
I was just about to reply, "The example from Word is not a table, just
paragraph formatting."
 
Thanks so much, Stefan. It seems logical that if they can program the format
painter to copy shading in Excel and in a heading w/ border, that it should
be able to copy shading in a table cell, too, right? Oh well. What do I
know? :) You've been so helpful - are you reachable via email or just
through the MS community question "bank?" Thanks again!
 
nkb said:
Thanks so much, Stefan.
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You are welcome.
It seems logical that if they can program the
format
painter to copy shading in Excel and in a heading w/ border, that it
should be able to copy shading in a table cell, too, right?
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Logic isn't necessarily a factor in word processing. :-)
Oh well. What do I
know? :) You've been so helpful - are you reachable via email or just
through the MS community question "bank?" Thanks again!
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I don't regularly answer private emails on Word, if that's what you are
asking. I wouldn't have time to do that. Occasionally, though, I may offer
to take a look at a possibly corrupt file.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
 
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