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  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Copying Attributes With the Format Paintbrush</title>
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  43 <body>
  44 <section id="paintbrush">
  45 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id380260"><bookmark_value>Format Paintbrush</bookmark_value>
  46 <bookmark_value>formatting;copying</bookmark_value>
  47 <bookmark_value>copying;formatting</bookmark_value>
  48 </bookmark>
  49 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1053A" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="formatpaintbrush"><link href="text/shared/guide/paintbrush.xhp">Copying Formatting With the Format Paintbrush</link>
  50 </variable></paragraph>
  51 </section>
  52 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can use the Format Paintbrush tool to copy formatting from a text selection in Writer or from an object and apply the formatting to another text selection or object.</paragraph>
  53 <list type="ordered">
  54 <listitem>
  55 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106DD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the text (in Writer) or object whose formatting you want to copy.</paragraph>
  56 </listitem>
  57 </list>
  58 <list type="ordered" startwith="2">
  59 <listitem>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10667" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On the <emph>Standard Bar</emph>, click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  61 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10660" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The cursor changes to a paint bucket.</paragraph>
  62 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN10663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">If you want to apply the formatting to more than one selection, double-click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon
  63 <image id="img_id209967" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_formatpaintbrush.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt id="alt_id209967" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
  64         </image>. After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.</paragraph>
  65 </listitem>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1066E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select or click the text (in Writer) or object that you want to apply the formatting to.</paragraph>
  68 </listitem>
  69 </list>
  70 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN10716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To exclude paragraph formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
  71 </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> when you click. To exclude character formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
  72 </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift when you click.</paragraph>
  73 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10671" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The following table describes the formatting attributes that the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> can copy:</paragraph>
  74 <table id="tbl_id599688">
  75 <tablerow>
  76 <tablecell>
  77 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_idN10691" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Type of Selection</paragraph>
  78 </tablecell>
  79 <tablecell>
  80 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_idN10697" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Comment</paragraph>
  81 </tablecell>
  82 </tablerow>
  83 <tablerow>
  84 <tablecell>
  85 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1069E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Nothing selected, but cursor is inside a text passage</paragraph>
  86 </tablecell>
  87 <tablecell>
  88 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106A4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the current paragraph and the character formatting of the next character in the text flow direction.</paragraph>
  89 </tablecell>
  90 </tablerow>
  91 <tablerow>
  92 <tablecell>
  93 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106AB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Text is selected</paragraph>
  94 </tablecell>
  95 <tablecell>
  96 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106B1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the last selected character and of the paragraph that contains the character.</paragraph>
  97 </tablecell>
  98 </tablerow>
  99 <tablerow>
 100 <tablecell>
 101 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106B8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Frame is selected</paragraph>
 102 </tablecell>
 103 <tablecell>
 104 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106BE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the frame attributes that are defined in Format - Frame dialog. The contents, size, position, linking, hyperlinks, and macros in the frame are not copied.</paragraph>
 105 </tablecell>
 106 </tablerow>
 107 <tablerow>
 108 <tablecell>
 109 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106C5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Object is selected</paragraph>
 110 </tablecell>
 111 <tablecell>
 112 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106CB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the object formatting that is defined in the Format - Graphics or Format - Drawing Object dialogs. The contents, size, position, hyperlinks, and macros in the object are not copied.</paragraph>
 113 </tablecell>
 114 </tablerow>
 115 <tablerow>
 116 <tablecell>
 117 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Form control is selected</paragraph>
 118 </tablecell>
 119 <tablecell>
 120 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106D8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
 121 </tablecell>
 122 </tablerow>
 123 <tablerow>
 124 <tablecell>
 125 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106DF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Drawing object is selected</paragraph>
 126 </tablecell>
 127 <tablecell>
 128 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies all formatting attributes. In Impress and Draw, the text contents of the object is also copied.</paragraph>
 129 </tablecell>
 130 </tablerow>
 131 <tablerow>
 132 <tablecell>
 133 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Text within drawing object or within Calc cells is selected</paragraph>
 134 </tablecell>
 135 <tablecell>
 136 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106F2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
 137 </tablecell>
 138 </tablerow>
 139 <tablerow>
 140 <tablecell>
 141 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106F9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Writer table or cells are selected</paragraph>
 142 </tablecell>
 143 <tablecell>
 144 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN106FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in Table, Text Flow, Borders, and Background tab pages in the Format - Table dialog. The paragraph and character formatting are also copied.</paragraph>
 145 </tablecell>
 146 </tablerow>
 147 <tablerow>
 148 <tablecell>
 149 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN10706" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Calc table or cells are selected</paragraph>
 150 </tablecell>
 151 <tablecell>
 152 <paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1070C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in the Format - Cells dialog as well as the formatting of the cell contents</paragraph>
 153 </tablecell>
 154 </tablerow>
 155 </table>
 156
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