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Format repeat -- would like to see
I do a lot of repeat formatting by scrolling through documents or
spreadsheets and hitting the F4 key. Sometimes I miss, and oops! have to undo the formatting then format what I wanted where I wanted it and move on, repeating again. I'd love to see a function that does that for me -- oops, don't repeat here, repeat there. |
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Format repeat -- would like to see
Copy the formatting with Ctrl+Shift+C, and paste the formatting to other
selected text with Ctrl+Shift+V. If you undo some pasted formatting, just select another bit of text and paste again. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Guy Yeakley wrote: I do a lot of repeat formatting by scrolling through documents or spreadsheets and hitting the F4 key. Sometimes I miss, and oops! have to undo the formatting then format what I wanted where I wanted it and move on, repeating again. I'd love to see a function that does that for me -- oops, don't repeat here, repeat there. |
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Guy,
The method you are describing is called direct formating vice formating by the use of styles. You can quickly re-apply direct formatting by selecting the formatted word, and then double-clicking on the format painter tool (looks like a paint brush). Double-cliking locks you selection of the formatting tool until you press the ESC key or until you select another tool. You can use the mouse to repeatedly apply the formatting as long as the tool selection is locked. Simly, single click on the target word to apply the formatting or do as Jay recommends. In his post, Jay Freedman, identified the keyboard shorts to perfrom these actions Ctrl+Shift+C, to select the format, Ctrl+Shift+V, to apply the formatting. Most MVPs will recommend that you learn to use styles vice direct formatting. This recommendation is because styles provide numerous advantages over direct formatting. A style definition can contain more than 150 formatting choices, and can be applied with a single click. Styles can apply to characters, paragraphs, lists, tables, etc. -- Tom Conrad === "Jay Freedman" wrote: Copy the formatting with Ctrl+Shift+C, and paste the formatting to other selected text with Ctrl+Shift+V. If you undo some pasted formatting, just select another bit of text and paste again. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Guy Yeakley wrote: I do a lot of repeat formatting by scrolling through documents or spreadsheets and hitting the F4 key. Sometimes I miss, and oops! have to undo the formatting then format what I wanted where I wanted it and move on, repeating again. I'd love to see a function that does that for me -- oops, don't repeat here, repeat there. |
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Format repeat -- would like to see
But note that the shortcuts for Copy Format and Paste Format can also be
used to apply styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom Conrad" wrote in message ... Guy, The method you are describing is called direct formating vice formating by the use of styles. You can quickly re-apply direct formatting by selecting the formatted word, and then double-clicking on the format painter tool (looks like a paint brush). Double-cliking locks you selection of the formatting tool until you press the ESC key or until you select another tool. You can use the mouse to repeatedly apply the formatting as long as the tool selection is locked. Simly, single click on the target word to apply the formatting or do as Jay recommends. In his post, Jay Freedman, identified the keyboard shorts to perfrom these actions Ctrl+Shift+C, to select the format, Ctrl+Shift+V, to apply the formatting. Most MVPs will recommend that you learn to use styles vice direct formatting. This recommendation is because styles provide numerous advantages over direct formatting. A style definition can contain more than 150 formatting choices, and can be applied with a single click. Styles can apply to characters, paragraphs, lists, tables, etc. -- Tom Conrad === "Jay Freedman" wrote: Copy the formatting with Ctrl+Shift+C, and paste the formatting to other selected text with Ctrl+Shift+V. If you undo some pasted formatting, just select another bit of text and paste again. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Guy Yeakley wrote: I do a lot of repeat formatting by scrolling through documents or spreadsheets and hitting the F4 key. Sometimes I miss, and oops! have to undo the formatting then format what I wanted where I wanted it and move on, repeating again. I'd love to see a function that does that for me -- oops, don't repeat here, repeat there. |
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