I love the format painter but recently it has been painting by itself. I get
various formats that I don't remember using earlier in the document.

I'm really sorry I don't know whether this happened before on this computer;
I just know it is happening now, and I've never encountered it before.

I've scanned the whole computer a few times, dowloaded installed all
critical MS updates & AV program software (MicroTrend PC-Cillin).

thank you, Susan

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"Susan C." wrote in message
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I love the format painter but recently it has been painting by itself. I
get
various formats that I don't remember using earlier in the document.

I'm really sorry I don't know whether this happened before on this
computer;
I just know it is happening now, and I've never encountered it before.

I've scanned the whole computer a few times, dowloaded installed all
critical MS updates & AV program software (MicroTrend PC-Cillin).

thank you, Susan

Hi Susan-

Maybe/maybe not the case, but Format Painter 'remembers' the last formatting
copied, even from doc to doc. If you don't actually select text formatted as
you want to copy and just click the button it will apply what it remembers.
In other words, it doesn't just assume a certain array of attributes based on
nothing more than where your insertion point is.

Select text (at least one character) formatted in the way you want to have
copied. Click Format Painter and apply to another bit of text. Does that
still result in erratic behavior?

Regards |:)

"Susan C." wrote:

I love the format painter but recently it has been painting by itself. I get
various formats that I don't remember using earlier in the document.

I'm really sorry I don't know whether this happened before on this computer;
I just know it is happening now, and I've never encountered it before.

I've scanned the whole computer a few times, dowloaded installed all
critical MS updates & AV program software (MicroTrend PC-Cillin).

thank you, Susan

I do copy the format from text that is as wanted. The only thing would be if
I somehow forgot to do that b/c of being distracted or something...which
absolutely NEVER happens!!!

what was I saying?
Susan

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Hi Susan-

Maybe/maybe not the case, but Format Painter 'remembers' the last formatting
copied, even from doc to doc. If you don't actually select text formatted as
you want to copy and just click the button it will apply what it remembers.
In other words, it doesn't just assume a certain array of attributes based on
nothing more than where your insertion point is.

Select text (at least one character) formatted in the way you want to have
copied. Click Format Painter and apply to another bit of text. Does that
still result in erratic behavior?

Regards |:)

"Susan C." wrote:

I love the format painter but recently it has been painting by itself. I get
various formats that I don't remember using earlier in the document.

I'm really sorry I don't know whether this happened before on this computer;
I just know it is happening now, and I've never encountered it before.

I've scanned the whole computer a few times, dowloaded installed all
critical MS updates & AV program software (MicroTrend PC-Cillin).

thank you, Susan