The Format Painter in Excel lets you copy formatting from one cell or group of cells to another cell or group of cells without copying their contents. Cell formatting includes everything from font ...

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One of the handiest functions in Word is the Format Painter . I use it often to copy a format from one section of a document to another. There’s only one thing I don’t like about it: I have to take my ...

Microsoft Word is so stuffed with features that few of us take advantage of even a small portion of them. Here’s one you’ve likely overlooked that can be a real time saver: I’m speaking of the Format ...

With the Microsoft 365 suite being such a comprehensive collection of complex programs, sometimes it's easy to miss some of the handiest tricks. I've brought together a few that I find the most useful ...

The easiest way to apply a border to a range of cells in Microsoft Excel is to use the border tool from the ribbon's Font tab. This tool instantly surrounds a range of cells with a single border, ...