I love the Format Painter function in MS word. All too often when I copy/paste from one MS Word document into another, the formatting blows up. I end up with numbers where I want bullets, bullets where there should be numbers, and indentations all over the page. I’m thinking that as you all finish up your semester exams for submission and approval, you MIGHT be having some of these same problems.

Format Painter can save the day!

Have you ever wondered what that little paint brush was up in your MS Word toolbar? That’s the “painter”. Once you have a few lines of your document formatted the way you would like them, highlight the lines and click the paintbrush button on the toolbar. Then, highlight the area where you want the same type of formatting. The Format Painter will “paint” the formatting into that area, as well. It’s a quick way to fix your document if the formatting goes haywire.