Use the Format Painter to copy the look and style of text - Help and How-to

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Use the Format Painter to copy the look and style of text

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Select the text that has the style you want to copy.
On the Formatting toolbar (Formatting toolbar: A toolbar with buttons and options used to apply text formatting. To display the toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Formatting.), click Format Painter , and then select the text to which you want to apply the formatting.
(If you don't see the Formatting toolbar (Formatting toolbar: A toolbar with buttons and options used to apply text formatting. To display the toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Formatting.), on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Formatting.)

Note You can't copy the font and font size on WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) text.

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You can apply the formatting to several text selections in succession. First, select the text whose style you want to copy, double-click Format Painter Button image , and then select each block of text, one by one, that you want to apply the formatting to.