Use the Format Painter
You can use the 'Format Painter' on the 'Home' tab to apply text formatting and some basic graphics formatting, such as borders and fills.
- Select the text or graphic that has the formatting that you want to copy.
Note: If you want to copy text formatting, select a portion of a paragraph. If you want to copy text and paragraph formatting, select an entire paragraph, including the paragraph mark.
- On the 'Home' tab, in the 'Clipboard' group, click 'Format Painter'.

The pointer changes to a paintbrush icon.
Note: Double-click the Format Painter button if you want to change the format of multiple selections in your document.
- Select the text or graphic that you want to format.
- To stop formatting, press ESC.
Notes:
- For graphics, the 'Format Painter' works best with drawing objects, such as AutoShapes. However, you can copy formatting from a picture (such as the picture's border).
- The 'Format Painter' cannot copy the font and font size on WordArt text.