What does a format painter do on Microsoft Word?

Answer 1

The Format Painter takes the formatting from one piece of text or item and pastes it onto something else you select. This is handy when you have a combination of formats on something and want to apply them to another item, without having to do them individually.

To use it:

1. Put the cursor in the text you want to copy the format of.
2. Click on the Format Painter icon on the Formatting Toolbar.
3. Click into or select the text that you want to copy the formatting to.

Answer 2

It enables you to copy the format you have used in one or more pieces of text, and apply it to other text. Text using a combination of formatting can have all of its formatting applied to other text, without having to apply the individual settings one at a time.

Answer 3

The Format Painter takes the formatting from one piece of text or other item and pastes it onto something else you select. This is handy when you have a combination of formats on something, like a size, colour and style, and want to apply them to another item, without having to do them individually. To use it:

1. Put the cursor in the text you want to copy the format of.
2. Click on the Format Painter icon on the Formatting Toolbar.
3. Click into or select the text that you want to copy the formatting to.

If you do this it will apply the formatting to the new item. It will then turn off the format painter facility. If you wanted to apply it to several separate items, the you would double click on the Format Painter. It will then stay on until you click the icon again. Using Paste Special, you can also apply formatting copied from another item.

Answer 4

Format painer copy and paste's the format from once cell to another.

Answer 5

a quick way to copy formatting from one item - such as text in Word, a cell in Excel, a control in Access, or a shape in Publisher - to another

Answer 6

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