How to use Format Painter

When creating a document that pulls in text from different places, getting all the text to match in terms of formatting (like font size, and type, if it's bolded, color) can be frustrating. The Format Painter function can help with this. Format painter lets you easily take the format for one section of text and apply it to another section of text in a document.

You can use Format Painter in Microsoft Word, Excel, Google Docs, and Outlook, among other programs.

Simply highlight the text whose format you would like to use, click the Format painter icon, and then select the text that you would like to change. The Format Painter tool is located near the Paste, Copy and Cut functions in the program. See screenshots below for where to locate the Format Painter tool.

In Outlook:

In Microsoft Word:

In Google Docs:

Happy pasting!

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