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Try it!
Use Format Painter to quickly copy and apply formatting to text, shapes, and pictures.
Copy and apply formatting
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Select the text, shape, cells, or picture that has the format you want to copy.
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Select Format Painter
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Single-click Format Painter
to apply the formatting once. -
Double-click Format Painter
to apply the formatting more than once.
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Select what you want to apply the formatting to.