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After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select or click the text or object that you want to apply the formatting to.</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60</list> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10716" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To exclude paragraph formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 62</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> when you click. To exclude character formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 63</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift when you click.</paragraph> 64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10671" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The following table describes the formatting attributes that the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> can copy:</paragraph> 65<table id="tbl_id599688"> 66<tablerow> 67<tablecell> 68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10691" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Type of Selection</paragraph> 69</tablecell> 70<tablecell> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10697" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Comment</paragraph> 72</tablecell> 73</tablerow> 74<tablerow> 75<tablecell> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1069E" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Nothing selected, but cursor is inside a text passage</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78<tablecell> 79<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A4" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the current paragraph and the character formatting of the next character in the text flow direction.</paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81</tablerow> 82<tablerow> 83<tablecell> 84<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106AB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Text is selected</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86<tablecell> 87<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B1" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the last selected character and of the paragraph that contains the character.</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89</tablerow> 90<tablerow> 91<tablecell> 92<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Frame is selected</paragraph> 93</tablecell> 94<tablecell> 95<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106BE" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the frame attributes that are defined in <item type="menuitem">Format - Frame</item> dialog. The contents, size, position, linking, hyperlinks, and macros in the frame are not copied.</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97</tablerow> 98<tablerow> 99<tablecell> 100<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Object is selected</paragraph> 101</tablecell> 102<tablecell> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106CB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the object formatting that is defined in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Graphics</item> or <item type="menuitem">Format - Drawing Object</item> dialogs. The contents, size, position, hyperlinks, and macros in the object are not copied.</paragraph> 104</tablecell> 105</tablerow> 106<tablerow> 107<tablecell> 108<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Form control is selected</paragraph> 109</tablecell> 110<tablecell> 111<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph> 112</tablecell> 113</tablerow> 114<tablerow> 115<tablecell> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Drawing object is selected</paragraph> 117</tablecell> 118<tablecell> 119<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies all formatting attributes. In Impress and Draw, the text contents of the object is also copied.</paragraph> 120</tablecell> 121</tablerow> 122<tablerow> 123<tablecell> 124<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG">Text within Calc cells is selected</paragraph> 125</tablecell> 126<tablecell> 127<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph> 128</tablecell> 129</tablerow> 130<tablerow> 131<tablecell> 132<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Writer table or cells are selected</paragraph> 133</tablecell> 134<tablecell> 135<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106FF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in Table, Text Flow, Borders, and Background tab pages in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Table</item> dialog. The paragraph and character formatting are also copied.</paragraph> 136</tablecell> 137</tablerow> 138<tablerow> 139<tablecell> 140<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10706" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Calc table or cells are selected</paragraph> 141</tablecell> 142<tablecell> 143<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070C" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Cells</item> dialog as well as the formatting of the cell contents</paragraph> 144</tablecell> 145</tablerow> 146</table> 147</body> 148</helpdocument> 149