Comments on: Excel: Copy Formatting from One Cell or Range to Another

By: NYMarge

NYMarge — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:56:30 +0000

I can’t use the format painter, because I need to copy the format of SEVERAL cells which I am concatenating. Here’s my formula in Cell G3:
= “1. “&a3&”, 2. “&b3 etc.

In A3, the third, fourth and fifth words are italicised (book title); in B3, the 3rd through 6th words are italicized, etc. Cell G3 lists all the books that might be in A3 on. (Formula’s a little more complicated than above, testing for empty cells down the road, but never mind.) Main question is:

HOW DO I PRESERVE A3’s and B3s FORMATTING IN G3?

By: Someone

Someone — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:33:00 +0000

It does not work in Excel 2010

By: Rob Rogers

Rob Rogers — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:25:00 +0000

In Excel 2011:
Right-click Toolbar and select Customize Toolbars and Menus.
Select Commands.
Go to All Commands.
Find the Format Painter and drag it to the toolbar above the Ribbon.
Now you always have the Format Painter tool.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:33:00 +0000

WHERE is the format brush in Excel 2011?! I cannot find it.

By: Chocolate_humunculus

Chocolate_humunculus — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:48:00 +0000

All very nice, but how do I copy a cell and format in a formula? (not just basic text)

By: Cozinhas Planejadas

Cozinhas Planejadas — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:34:00 +0000

Thanks mate!
Simple but precise what I needed!

By: Jesse Josserand

Jesse Josserand — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:57:00 +0000

Seems that formats do not copy fully correctly in Excel 2007.
Had any trouble with this?
Thanks for the double click comment. I was not aware of that feature!

By: steve

steve — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Excel: Copy Formatting from One Cell or Range to Another

This page rocks!

Thanks,
Steve

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Its a paint brush in the standard toolbar.

By: jon

jon — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:11:00 +0000

this is useless without an image of what the format painter tool looks like