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If not, see 27 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29 * 30 ************************************************************************ 31 --> 32 33 34<meta> 35 <topic id="textsharedguidepaintbrushxml" indexer="include"> 36 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Copying Attributes With the Format Paintbrush</title> 37 <filename>/text/shared/guide/paintbrush.xhp</filename> 38 </topic> 39 </meta> 40 <body> 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> 48</variable></paragraph> 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> 155 156 </body> 157</helpdocument>