

Select the cell or range of cells you want to copy the formatting from.

Ready to try it out? Follow the steps below. We’re happy to bring it to Excel for iPad and Excel for Android tablets! How it works This popular feature in Excel for Windows and Excel for Mac has been highly requested by tablet users in the feedback we’ve received. Format Painter for tabletsįormat Painter enables you to copy all the formatting from one object (cell or range) and apply it to another in a single click. Now you can now quickly and easily copy all formatting with the Format Painter feature in Excel on your iPad or Android tablet. I’m excited to share that, by popular demand, we’ve brought Format Painter to tablets.

You can think of it as copying formatting to the Clipboard, even though the Windows Clipboard really isn't involved.Hi, Office Insiders! I’m Sukul Bagai, a Program Manager on the Excel team. So long as you don't copy different formatting, the same formatting will be ready to paste for the entire Word session. With the keyboard, you can copy formatting, perform numerous other actions, and still paste the formatting anywhere into an open document as many times as you want. The keyboard commands to copy and paste formatting are actually more powerful than the Format Painter tool.

If you select a short text selection (perhaps one or two words) without selecting the end-of-paragraph marker, then Ctrl+Shift+C only copies character formatting (bold, italic, underline, etc.). This includes Bullets & Numbering, spacing, indentation, style, character formatting that's shared by most characters, etc. If you place the insertion point into a paragraph or select the entire paragraph, then Ctrl+Shift+C copies the formatting of the entire paragraph. The shortcut for copying formatting is Ctrl+Shift+C and the shortcut for pasting is Ctrl+Shift+V. In reality, Word does provide simple keyboard commands for copying and pasting formatting. Unfortunately, using the Format Painter requires that you take your hands off the keyboard and use the mouse-a process that is anathema to many people who would rather use the keyboard for all their tasks. Many people use the Format Painter tool to copy formatting from one place to another in a document.
