Format painter in PowerPoint?

A. To paint pretty pictures on your slides
B. To copy formatting from one object or piece of text and then apply it elsewhere
C. To change the background color of your slides
D. To paint pretty pictures on background of slides

Submitted by: Areesha Khan

The Format Painter in PowerPoint copies and applies formatting to text, shapes, pictures, and cells. It’s best for drawing objects like AutoShapes.

How to use Format Painter

• Select the text, shape, picture, or cell with the formatting you want to copy
• On the Home tab, select the Format Painter button in the Clipboard group
• To apply the formatting once, single-click Format Painter
• To apply the formatting more than once, double-click Format Painter
• Select what you want to apply the formatting to

Keyboard shortcuts

• Alt+Ctrl+C: to copy a format
• Alt+Ctrl+V: to paste a format
• ESC: to stop formatting

Format Painter limitations

• Format Painter only copies visual formatting, not any data the shape might hold.