![]() | Copy formatting |
You can copy all formatting from one selection of text and quickly apply it to another by using the Format Painter.
![]() | Select some text that already has the formatting that you want to copy.
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![]() | On the Standard toolbar, click Copy formatting from one location and apply it to another. |
![]() | Drag across the text that you want to apply the formatting to.
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To copy paragraph formatting instead of character formatting, be sure to include the
paragraph markThe nonprinting symbol () that Word
inserts when you press
RETURN
at the end of a paragraph. The paragraph mark stores the formatting that you apply to a paragraph.
at the end of the paragraph. To see where the paragraph marks are located in your document, on the Standard toolbar, click Show all nonprinting characters
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To copy the same formatting to multiple selections, double-click Copy formatting from one location and apply it to another . You can then apply formatting until you press
ESC.
The Format Painter is not available in full screen view.