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See the License for the 20 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21 * under the License. 22 * 23 ***********************************************************--> 24 25 26 27 28<meta> 29 <topic id="textsharedguidepaintbrushxml" indexer="include"> 30 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Copying Attributes With the Format Paintbrush</title> 31 <filename>/text/shared/guide/paintbrush.xhp</filename> 32 </topic> 33 </meta> 34 <body> 35 <section id="paintbrush"> 36<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id380260"><bookmark_value>Format Paintbrush</bookmark_value> 37 <bookmark_value>formatting;copying</bookmark_value> 38 <bookmark_value>copying;formatting</bookmark_value> 39 <bookmark_value>Paintbrush</bookmark_value> 40</bookmark><comment>MW added "Paintbrush"</comment> 41<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> 42</variable></paragraph> 43 </section> 44 <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> 45 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id101920091122570" role="note" l10n="NEW">In Calc, the Format Paintbrush only applies to cell formatting.</paragraph> 46 <list type="ordered"> 47 <listitem> 48 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DD" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the text or object whose formatting you want to copy.</paragraph> 49 </listitem> 50 </list> 51 <list type="ordered" startwith="2"> 52 <listitem> 53 <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> 54 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10660" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The cursor changes to a paint bucket.</paragraph> 55 <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 56<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> 57 </image>. After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.</paragraph> 58 </listitem> 59 <listitem> 60 <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> 61 </listitem> 62 </list> 63 <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 64</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> when you click. To exclude character formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 65</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift when you click.</paragraph> 66 <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> 67 <table id="tbl_id599688"> 68 <tablerow> 69 <tablecell> 70 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10691" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Type of Selection</paragraph> 71 </tablecell> 72 <tablecell> 73 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10697" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Comment</paragraph> 74 </tablecell> 75 </tablerow> 76 <tablerow> 77 <tablecell> 78 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1069E" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Nothing selected, but cursor is inside a text passage</paragraph> 79 </tablecell> 80 <tablecell> 81 <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> 82 </tablecell> 83 </tablerow> 84 <tablerow> 85 <tablecell> 86 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106AB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Text is selected</paragraph> 87 </tablecell> 88 <tablecell> 89 <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> 90 </tablecell> 91 </tablerow> 92 <tablerow> 93 <tablecell> 94 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Frame is selected</paragraph> 95 </tablecell> 96 <tablecell> 97 <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> 98 </tablecell> 99 </tablerow> 100 <tablerow> 101 <tablecell> 102 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Object is selected</paragraph> 103 </tablecell> 104 <tablecell> 105 <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> 106 </tablecell> 107 </tablerow> 108 <tablerow> 109 <tablecell> 110 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Form control is selected</paragraph> 111 </tablecell> 112 <tablecell> 113 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph> 114 </tablecell> 115 </tablerow> 116 <tablerow> 117 <tablecell> 118 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Drawing object is selected</paragraph> 119 </tablecell> 120 <tablecell> 121 <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> 122 </tablecell> 123 </tablerow> 124 <tablerow> 125 <tablecell> 126 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG">Text within Calc cells is selected</paragraph> 127 </tablecell> 128 <tablecell> 129 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph> 130 </tablecell> 131 </tablerow> 132 <tablerow> 133 <tablecell> 134 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Writer table or cells are selected</paragraph> 135 </tablecell> 136 <tablecell> 137 <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> 138 </tablecell> 139 </tablerow> 140 <tablerow> 141 <tablecell> 142 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10706" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Calc table or cells are selected</paragraph> 143 </tablecell> 144 <tablecell> 145 <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> 146 </tablecell> 147 </tablerow> 148 </table> 149 150 </body> 151</helpdocument>