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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Copying Attributes With the Format Paintbrush</title>
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31<body>
32<section id="paintbrush">
33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id380260">
34<bookmark_value>Format Paintbrush</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>formatting;copying</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>copying;formatting</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>Paintbrush</bookmark_value>
38</bookmark><comment>MW added "Paintbrush"</comment>
39<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1053A" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="formatpaintbrush"><link href="text/shared/guide/paintbrush.xhp">Copying Formatting With the Format Paintbrush</link>
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41</section>
42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10655" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can use the Format Paintbrush tool to copy formatting from a text selection or from an object and apply the formatting to another text selection or object.</paragraph>
43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id101920091122570" role="note" l10n="NEW">In Calc, the Format Paintbrush only applies to cell formatting.</paragraph>
44<list type="ordered">
45<listitem>
46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DD" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the text or object whose formatting you want to copy.</paragraph>
47</listitem>
48</list>
49<list type="ordered" startwith="2">
50<listitem>
51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10667" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">On the <emph>Standard Bar</emph>, click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon.</paragraph>
52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10660" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The cursor changes to a paint bucket.</paragraph>
53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10663" role="tip" l10n="CHG">If you want to apply the formatting to more than one selection, double-click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon
54<image id="img_id209967" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_formatpaintbrush.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id209967">Icon</alt>
55</image>. 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>
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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>
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145</tablerow>
146</table>
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