Paint+the+File+Red

Or, blue or whatever formatting you need! Have you ever found yourself constantly applying the same formatting options over and over again in a file? Maybe you are changing a font size, bolding and underlining line after line after line. Are you getting tired of all the highlighting of text, changing the font sizes, clicking the bold button and then clicking the underline button over and over again? Want a one button answer? The answer you are looking for is in one little button called the **Format Painter button**. ( Looks like a pasting brush ) Basically, what the Format Painter does is it takes the formatting from a highlighted section of text or cells and then it applies just the formatting to another section of text or cells that you select. You should be able to find this wonderful invention in many of the MS Office Suite programs. Such as in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To begin, you will need to decide what formatting you want to copy. (Either format some of the text or cells in the current file or find another file with the formatting you need. ) In other words, you need some formatting to copy. Now that you have got the formatting to copy, **highlight it**. With the text or cell highlighted, **click the Format Painter button** (or use the keyboard combination of **Ctrl + Shift + C**). Next, you will need to go and **highlight the text or cells of which you want the formatting applied to**. (If you used the key combination of Ctrl + Shift + C to copy the formatting, you will need to use **Ctrl + Shift + V** to paste the formatting into the new text or cell). Voila You should now have reformatted text with just one button and a couple of clicks. And, as a special bonus, the Format Painter has turned itself off,. However, if you have more than one thing to format. This is your next move:- In order to use the Format Painter on multiple items, simply **__double click__** the button. This will turn the Format Painter on for as long as you need it. Now, you are ready to paste the formatting to your heart's content! (If you used the keyboard to copy and paste the formatting, remember that it is still turned on. You can just highlight another section and use **Ctrl + Shift + V** to paste it again). When you are ready to turn off the Format Painter, simply **click the Format Painter button again** or click the **Esc key**.
 * Paint the File Red **