Format painter doesn't work with F5??!!

[Epinn]

Can someone confirm that format painter doesn't work with F5 please? Is
there improvement with 2007?

I type text A on page 1 and I type text B on page 6; each has different
format.

(A) I highlight text A on page 1, click format painter, do F5 to try to go
to page 6. Format painter "loses its mind" when F5 is invoked. I even try
to **double click** format painter to try to get it work with F5, but no
luck. I think of two alternatives - (1) use format painter with PageDown
(or PageUp in another situation) and (2) forget about format painter and use
ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v instead.

(B) I highlight text B on page 6, click format painter, do ctrl+home to go
to page 1. Format painter is still intact and I can apply the format of
text B to text A.

In summary, format painter appears to work in most cases except with F5.

Note: Format painter is smarter in **Excel** because it works with F5. Can
we ask Microsoft to make F5 work with format painter in Word as well?

Appreciate feedback.

Epinn

 

[Beth Melton]

It's the same in Word 2007. Since the Format Painter would turn off
when using F5 in previous versions of Word I doubt asking MS to 'make
it work' at this point for Word 2007 will be pointless.

Now, this isn't exactly what you are asking about but what does work
is for you to utilize Styles instead of the Format Painter. Styles are
far more powerful than the Format Painter will ever be. Plus styles
have been received several enhancements in Office 2007. One area is in
document themes. Here's an article with some additional details if
interested:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_themes_melton.mspx

You can follow the steps in the article by using the Office 2007 test
drive: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/testdrive.mspx

Note that the way a document receives new font sets (font face, size,
etc) when a new theme is applied is based on styles - not by using the
Format Painter.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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Microsoft Office MVP

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