Format Painter

[Guest]

Who can explain how to use this feature? It seems so complicated!

 

[DDM]

Marlene, complicated? Nothing of the sort! Use the format painter to copy
formatting from one word or paragraph to another. It's as simple as that.
Try a little experiment.

Open a document with 4-5 paragraphs. Take one of the paragraphs and change
the indentation on the left and right. Change the line spacing. Now select
the paragraph. Click the Format Painter button. Click one of the other
paragraphs. Note that Word takes the paragraph-level formats from the one
paragraph and copies them to the other.

Next experiment: select one word and make it bold and italic. Select it
again (if necessary) and click Format Painter. Then click some other word.
Note that Word takes the character formatting and copies it to the other
word.

Next: Select that word again and click Format Painter. Now highlight 3-4
words in a row and note that they all take on the new formatting.

Now the good one: Select that word again and double-click Format Painter.
Now, click words at random, one by one. Note that each one takes on the new
formatting. Is this great, or what?

Finally, press Esc to turn the Format Painter off.

Hope this has helped you see what a great feature Format Painter is.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You've been given some good instructions. For more on formatting, see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm and
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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