Using the Format Painter

Using the Format Painter

Using the Format Painter

Transfer attributes from one object to other objects using the Format Painter. Transferring attributes can help you maintain consistency between objects.

You can transfer attributes from a source selection — an object or text that has been copied to the Clipboard — to a target selection, which is one or more objects selected on the page.

To Use the Format Painter

  1. Select an object that you want to transfer attributes from.

  2. Select a target object.

 

Select a source object

Click a target object

Result

 

Attributes that can be copied from a vector object.

  • Fill ink

  • Outline ink

  • Outline dash

  • Outline arrowheads

  • Shape effects

Select a source Text object

Click a target Text object

Result

 

Attributes that can be copied from a Text object to another.

  • Font

  • Font Size

  • Font Styles

  • Font Color

  • Text Effects

 

Attributes that can be copied from a part of texts in a Text object to another Text object.

  • Font

  • Font Size

  • Font Styles

  • Font Color

 

Select a part of the texts in a Text object

Click a target Text object

Result

 

 

The copied attributes cannot be a part of the texts in another Text object.

 

When a source object is a Vector object and a target object is a Text object, the copied attributes will be copied to the background of the Text object.

Select a source object

Click a target Text object

Result

 

 

The copied attributes will be applied to each object in a group.

Select a source object

Click a target Group object

Result

 

The copied attributes with the Format Painter cannot be copied to images or MetaObjects.

 

 

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