Copying the format of one cell to another cell or range
This recipe shows you how to copy the formatting of one cell to another cell or range. For example, we can copy a yellow background and Calibri font from cell A1 to cell A2.
How to do it...
- Click on the source cell that you want to copy the formatting from.
- Click on the Format Painter icon, which you can find in the Clipboard section of the Home tab.
- Click on the cell or range that you want to copy the source cell's formatting to.
How it works...
For SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards developers, it happens very often when they have to copy colored cells that represent different types of logic such as dynamic visibility cells, insertion cells, and so on.
The Format Painter tool works by taking the source cell that you have selected and applying the formatting to the cell(s) that you paint to. This is very useful because we can copy cell formats without having to perform a Copy and Paste Special action every time.
There's more...
An alternative to accomplishing the same task is to copy a cell and then click Paste Special... and choose the Formats option from Paste.
