Applies To
PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac PowerPoint for the web

Use Format Painter to quickly apply the same formatting, such as color or font style, to other parts of your presentation.

  1.  Select the text or graphic with the formatting that you'd like to copy.

  2. Go to Home and select  Format painter button icon Format Painter.

  3. Your pointer will change to a paintbrush icon  Shows format painter cursor with paintbrush. Use the brush to "paint" over a selection of text or graphics and apply the formatting.

For more info, see Use the Format Painter. 

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