Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2004. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Format Painter is a ...

A feature in Microsoft Word that applies a style from one part of the document to another. The text with the desired style (font, size, etc.) is highlighted and Format Painter (paint brush icon) is ...

I love the Format Painter —the little paintbrush icon —and I use it frequently to speed format changes in Word documents. I know a double-click converts it from a one-time painter to a repeatable ...

Migrating text from one word processing program or word editor to another can pose various problems. The text often copies over fine but the formatting, such as bullets, paragraphs, fonts, point size, ...