Word 2000

Using Format Painter

You've applied font, font size, a type style, and spacing. Your text is formatted exactly the way you want it. If you need to repeat this particular format throughout a document, you don't have to go through the long process of individually formatting text over and over again. Instead, use Word's shortcut: Format Painter.

To use the Format Painter:

1. Highlight the text containing the formatting you want to use on another piece of text.
2. Click the Format Painter button (on the Standard toolbar).
3. Your mouse turns into an I-beam cursor with a paintbrush to the left
4. Select the text you want to format.
5. When you release the left mouse button, Word formats the text with all the formatting characteristics of the text you selected.