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      <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>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id101920091122570" role="note" l10n="NEW">In Calc, the Format Paintbrush only applies to cell formatting.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DD" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the text or object whose formatting you want to copy.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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            <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>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10660" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The cursor changes to a paint bucket.</paragraph>
            <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
<image id="img_id209967" src="cmd/sc_formatpaintbrush.png" width="0.1665in" height="0.1665in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id209967">Icon</alt>
	</image>. After you apply all the formatting, click the icon again.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <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>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <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
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> when you click. To exclude character formatting, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift when you click.</paragraph>
      <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>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10691" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Type of Selection</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10697" role="tablehead" l10n="NEW">Comment</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1069E" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Nothing selected, but cursor is inside a text passage</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106AB" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Text is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Frame is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Object is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Form control is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D8" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DF" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Drawing object is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG">Text within Calc cells is selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F2" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Not supported</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Writer table or cells are selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10706" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Calc table or cells are selected</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <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>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
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