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36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Copying Attributes With the Format Paintbrush</title>
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41      <section id="paintbrush">
42<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id380260"><bookmark_value>Format Paintbrush</bookmark_value>
43         <bookmark_value>formatting;copying</bookmark_value>
44         <bookmark_value>copying;formatting</bookmark_value>
45         <bookmark_value>Paintbrush</bookmark_value>
46</bookmark><comment>MW added "Paintbrush"</comment>
47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1053A" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="formatpaintbrush"><link href="text/shared/guide/paintbrush.xhp">Copying Formatting With the Format Paintbrush</link>
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49      </section>
50      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10655" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can use the Format Paintbrush tool to copy formatting from a text selection or from an object and apply the formatting to another text selection or object.</paragraph>
51      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id101920091122570" role="note" l10n="NEW">In Calc, the Format Paintbrush only applies to cell formatting.</paragraph>
52      <list type="ordered">
53         <listitem>
54            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DD" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the text or object whose formatting you want to copy.</paragraph>
55         </listitem>
56      </list>
57      <list type="ordered" startwith="2">
58         <listitem>
59            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10667" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">On the <emph>Standard Bar</emph>, click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon.</paragraph>
60            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10660" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The cursor changes to a paint bucket.</paragraph>
61            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10663" role="tip" l10n="CHG">If you want to apply the formatting to more than one selection, double-click the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> icon
62<image id="img_id209967" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_formatpaintbrush.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id209967">Icon</alt>
63	</image>. After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.</paragraph>
64         </listitem>
65         <listitem>
66            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select or click the text or object that you want to apply the formatting to.</paragraph>
67         </listitem>
68      </list>
69      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10716" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To exclude paragraph formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
70</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> when you click. To exclude character formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
71</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift when you click.</paragraph>
72      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10671" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The following table describes the formatting attributes that the <emph>Format Paintbrush</emph> can copy:</paragraph>
73      <table id="tbl_id599688">
74         <tablerow>
75            <tablecell>
76               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10691" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Type of Selection</paragraph>
77            </tablecell>
78            <tablecell>
79               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10697" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Comment</paragraph>
80            </tablecell>
81         </tablerow>
82         <tablerow>
83            <tablecell>
84               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1069E" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Nothing selected, but cursor is inside a text passage</paragraph>
85            </tablecell>
86            <tablecell>
87               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A4" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the current paragraph and the character formatting of the next character in the text flow direction.</paragraph>
88            </tablecell>
89         </tablerow>
90         <tablerow>
91            <tablecell>
92               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106AB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Text is selected</paragraph>
93            </tablecell>
94            <tablecell>
95               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B1" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting of the last selected character and of the paragraph that contains the character.</paragraph>
96            </tablecell>
97         </tablerow>
98         <tablerow>
99            <tablecell>
100               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Frame is selected</paragraph>
101            </tablecell>
102            <tablecell>
103               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106BE" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the frame attributes that are defined in <item type="menuitem">Format - Frame</item> dialog. The contents, size, position, linking, hyperlinks, and macros in the frame are not copied.</paragraph>
104            </tablecell>
105         </tablerow>
106         <tablerow>
107            <tablecell>
108               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Object is selected</paragraph>
109            </tablecell>
110            <tablecell>
111               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106CB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the object formatting that is defined in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Graphics</item> or <item type="menuitem">Format - Drawing Object</item> dialogs. The contents, size, position, hyperlinks, and macros in the object are not copied.</paragraph>
112            </tablecell>
113         </tablerow>
114         <tablerow>
115            <tablecell>
116               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Form control is selected</paragraph>
117            </tablecell>
118            <tablecell>
119               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
120            </tablecell>
121         </tablerow>
122         <tablerow>
123            <tablecell>
124               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Drawing object is selected</paragraph>
125            </tablecell>
126            <tablecell>
127               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies all formatting attributes. In Impress and Draw, the text contents of the object is also copied.</paragraph>
128            </tablecell>
129         </tablerow>
130         <tablerow>
131            <tablecell>
132               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG">Text within Calc cells is selected</paragraph>
133            </tablecell>
134            <tablecell>
135               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
136            </tablecell>
137         </tablerow>
138         <tablerow>
139            <tablecell>
140               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Writer table or cells are selected</paragraph>
141            </tablecell>
142            <tablecell>
143               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106FF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in Table, Text Flow, Borders, and Background tab pages in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Table</item> dialog. The paragraph and character formatting are also copied.</paragraph>
144            </tablecell>
145         </tablerow>
146         <tablerow>
147            <tablecell>
148               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10706" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Calc table or cells are selected</paragraph>
149            </tablecell>
150            <tablecell>
151               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070C" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Copies the formatting that is specified in the <item type="menuitem">Format - Cells</item> dialog as well as the formatting of the cell contents</paragraph>
152            </tablecell>
153         </tablerow>
154      </table>
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