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Format Painter
The Format Painter is one of the most underused features of Excel. The Format Painter copies formatting from
Chapter
one place and applies it to another.

1. For example, select cell B2 below. Format Cells

2. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Format Painter.

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3. Select cell D2.

Result:

Note: the Format Painter applies the Currency format, background color and borders of cell B2 to cell D2. That
saves time! Double click the Format Painter button to apply the same formatting to multiple cells.

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