copy style from here to here

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Eric Osman

Hi,

Suppose I've got text over here that happens to be a certain font, size,
weight, color that I like. (That is, this text has the STYLE I like).

Then, this text over here, I want to have the same style as that first text.

Sure, I could click on the first text, see that it's Times Roman, then
set the second text to Times Roman.

Then I could click on the first text again, see that it's 12 point, then
set the secont text to 12 point.

etc etc.

But is there a faster way ? Like some way just to drag the complete
style of one piece of text to another ?

Thanks.

/Eric
 
Eric said:
Hi,

Suppose I've got text over here that happens to be a certain font,
size, weight, color that I like. (That is, this text has the STYLE I
like).

Then, this text over here, I want to have the same style as that
first text.

Sure, I could click on the first text, see that it's Times Roman, then
set the second text to Times Roman.

Then I could click on the first text again, see that it's 12 point,
then set the secont text to 12 point.

etc etc.

But is there a faster way ? Like some way just to drag the complete
style of one piece of text to another ?
Click to expand...

There's at least two ways to do this:
1. Open the Style and Formatting pane (click the icon with the two A's) to
see the current style, and use that to modify the desired text.
2. Check the Format Painter icon next to the clipboard toolbar icons. Click
to copy format at selection point to next selection, or double-click to make
it "sticky" and then you can copy to multiple locations.

See "Reuse formatting" in Help for more details.


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One way that comes to mind that I would use depends on the uniqueness of the
two different text Styles. For example, if the "Style" you want to change
is relatively unique to other styles in your document, you could do the
following:

1. Click on a paragraph of text that has the "style" you want to use.
2. Click inside the "Style" box, type a style name, then press ENTER (for
example, "My Style"). This paragraph now has a specific name assigned to
it's style.
3. Do a "Edit", "Replace". In the "Find what" box click the "More" button,
click "Format" button, then "Font", and define the style of text you are
looking for.
4. In the "Replace with" text box, click the "Format" button, then "Style"
and select the style you want to assign to this text.
5. Run the "Replace".

Hope this works for you!

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
If the text has a style that you like, then you apply it to other text by
applying that style. That's what styles are for. But I suspect that what you
have described is not style but (direct) formatting. As Mike has mentioned,
you can use the Format Painter. What I find easier, however, is to use the
CopyFormat (Ctrl+Shift+C) and PasteFormat (Ctrl+Shift+V) commands. If you
have text selected when you copy and paste, the font formatting will be
pasted; otherwise only paragraph formatting is copied/pasted. The advantage
of these commands over the Format Painter is that any formatting that has
been copied remains available for pasting until you copy different
formatting. Moreover, the pasting pastes the paragraph style along with the
formatting.

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1. Click on a paragraph of text that has the "style" you want to use.
2. Click inside the "Style" box, type a style name, then press ENTER (for
example, "My Style"). This paragraph now has a specific name assigned to
it's style.
3. Do a "Edit", "Replace". In the "Find what" box click the "More" button,
click "Format" button, then "Font", and define the style of text you are
looking for.
4. In the "Replace with" text box, click the "Format" button, then "Style"
and select the style you want to assign to this text.
5. Run the "Replace".
Click to expand...


I don't understand step 2. By "style" box, do you mean the thing that
comes up when the AA icon is clicked ? If so, then where do I "type a
style name" ???? Do I need to first click "new style" ????
 
Suzanne said:
What I find easier, however, is to use the
CopyFormat (Ctrl+Shift+C) and PasteFormat (Ctrl+Shift+V) commands. If you
have text selected when you copy and paste, the font formatting will be
pasted
Click to expand...


This is cool ! Thanks.

/Eric
 
Sorry, had to step out and do some shopping. The Style dropdown is towards
the left hand side of the Formatting toolbar. It probably says "Normal" in
it unless you have chosen another style.

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
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