

Think of these as variations of the well-known Copy and Paste shortcuts but by adding the Shift key, you’re copying the formatting instead of the object itself. I explain how in “ Work Faster in PowerPoint.” (You’ll find some other cool tricks there, too.) But you can also use the (faster) keyboard shortcuts which are: I recommend that you put these commands on the Quick Access Toolbar. Apply Style is often easier to use for text in my experience, it’s sometimes hard to select text when the Format Painter is active.It also may be easier when you need to apply a style on a different slide. The style that you pick up remains available to you even after you do other tasks.They’re similar to Format Painter but have 2 advantages: Pick Up Style and Apply Style are less well-known because they are not on the ribbon. When you’re done, click Format Painter once to turn it back “off.” Tip: Double-click the Format Painter button to keep it “on” and apply the formatting to multiple objects, one after another. Click the second object to copy the formatting.Select the first object and click Format Painter on the Home tab in the Clipboard group.

Format an object the way you like it could be a shape, some text, or an image.This is actually 2 techniques but I’m putting them together because they’re similar.įormat Painter is probably the best known. 1) Format Painter and Pick Up/Apply Style If you aren’t using them, you’ll soon wonder how you got along without them. The good news is that PowerPoint has several techniques to copy formatting and animation. You can spend a lot of time formatting a shape or some text in PowerPoint and you certainly don’t want to have to repeat that process if it isn’t necessary.
