Format Painter shortcut?

[Rollin]

I do everything with the Keyboard and I really hate it when I have to reach
for the mouse for the occasional format painter command but I have never
found a shortcut for it, Does anyone know of one for this command it slows me
down to much since I have to hunt for the mouse to use it.

 

[Echo S]

The eyedroppers work similarly. (They're really called "pick up style" and
"apply style.") Pick Up Style is Ctrl+Shift+C and Apply Style is
Ctrl+Shift+V.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

I do everything with the Keyboard and I really hate it when I have to
reach
for the mouse for the occasional format painter command but I have never
found a shortcut for it, Does anyone know of one for this command it slows
me
down to much since I have to hunt for the mouse to use it.

Hold shift key down and use arrow key to paint. Does that fork for you?

What program you are in when you want to do this and what version?

 

[Rollin]

A good partial answer. It worked in word 2007 but not in excel. I can
highlight a word and copy the format to words after that line easily enough
so tahnks a lot for that. I tried copying from one cell to another in Excel
but no dice.
--
Rollin Shultz
Mechanical Designer
Programmer

The eyedroppers work similarly. (They're really called "pick up style" and
"apply style.") Pick Up Style is Ctrl+Shift+C and Apply Style is
Ctrl+Shift+V.

 

[Rollin]

I am using office 2007 and it didn't seem to work for word or Excel.

 

[jWindz]

As for me, it works in word 2007, but not in Excel. And I don't know how
to change the hotkey in office 2007. It becomes a little bit difficult.

So in Word, holding down shift key to select text, S+C+C to copy style,
and S+C+V to apply

 

[Echo S]

These also work well in PowerPoint.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

A good partial answer. It worked in word 2007 but not in excel. I can
highlight a word and copy the format to words after that line easily
enough
so tahnks a lot for that. I tried copying from one cell to another in
Excel
but no dice.
--
Rollin Shultz
Mechanical Designer
Programmer

The eyedroppers work similarly. (They're really called "pick up style"
and
"apply style.") Pick Up Style is Ctrl+Shift+C and Apply Style is
Ctrl+Shift+V.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I do everything with the Keyboard and I really hate it when I have to
reach
for the mouse for the occasional format painter command but I have
never
found a shortcut for it, Does anyone know of one for this command it
slows
me
down to much since I have to hunt for the mouse to use it.

 

[Echo S]

Alt+H+FP is the shortcut (or whatever it's called -- keyboard accelerator
key combination?) for Format Painter. This works in Excel.

If you hold down Alt in an 2007 applications, you can see the keyboard
accelerator / shortcut keys.

Oh. I just realized that you didn't tell us which version of Office you're
using. (You also didn't mention in this post that you wanted this for Word
and Excel.)

 

[jWindz]

Yes, Echo S is right. It works, Alt+H+FP!

Thanks, Echo S
Now the thread could be closed :biggrin:

 

[cpumplun]

I have a question about this. What about when you want to pain
something that isn't adjacent to the active cell.


The Alt+h+FP applies to the next cell you travel to with a keyboard