Issue 9836 - Paste Format Function not available
Summary: Paste Format Function not available
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 20119
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.1
Hardware: PC Windows 98
: P3 Trivial with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: falko.tesch
QA Contact: issues@sw
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: 14059 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2002-12-04 19:15 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-10-27 15:52 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: FEATURE
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Description Unknown 2002-12-04 19:15:27 UTC 
As a replacement for MS Office, I'm duly impressed with OpenOffice.  One 
feature which doesn't seem to exist though which makes it an incomplete 
substitute is the Paste Format function.
If this feature exists, please let me know - but I could find no reference to 
it in the online documentation.
If it doesn't, please add it!
Comment 1 openoffice 2002-12-04 19:37:24 UTC 
dvo->redwiz: There's a very similar feature, but it's not called that
and operates a little different.

You can use the 'stylist' (F11) to create a style based on the current
selection (use 2nd icon from right, top row). You can then assign this
style either manually or with the format brush (3rd icon from right). 

I think this pretty much does what you are looking for. If so, please
mark the issue resolved. If not, please be more specific. :-)
Comment 2 Unknown 2002-12-04 21:42:07 UTC 
Daniel:
Thanks for your input.  You're right - it's similar, but different.  
In MS-Word, I can apply one line's formatting to another in just 3 
clicks - nothing saved or named or created.  With a couple more, I 
can apply the same formatting to multiple (non-contiguous) lines or 
paragraphs.  Here's how Word's help describes the feature:

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Copy character and paragraph formats

1	Select the text that has the formatting you want to copy.
2	Click Format Painter  , and then select the text where you 
want to apply the formatting.

Tip   To copy the selected formatting to several locations, double-
click Format Painter. Click the button again when you're finished.
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It's a feature that may not be well known, but is certainly extremely 
useful and powerful when applied, and I tend to use it often, and 
would love to see the same functionality here.
Comment 3 h.ilter 2002-12-06 13:08:07 UTC 
Reassigned to FT
Comment 4 openoffice 2003-01-07 11:29:53 UTC 
*** Issue 6902 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 eric.savary 2003-04-16 15:43:30 UTC 
Set to "NEW"
Comment 6 andmalc 2003-05-04 04:08:03 UTC 
The 'component' of this issue is 'word processor' but this should
apply to Calc as well (copy/paste format works in Word and Excel)
Comment 7 andmalc 2003-05-04 04:17:37 UTC 
*** Issue 14059 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 8 falko.tesch 2003-10-27 15:52:31 UTC 
Duplicate.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 20119 ***
Comment 9 falko.tesch 2003-10-27 15:52:48 UTC 
closed