Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel The Format Painting Brush I have on my toolbar no longer works. I click on it as usual and try to copy formatting from one place to the next but it has no effect. I have tried deleting the Format Painting Brush from the toolbar and then putting it on again but this does not help. I frequently use this feature and it is a real pain for it now to no longer work.
It's probably working, but you did not select any formatting to copy. Turn on Show/Hide so you can see what you are doing. Most formatting is stored in the paragraph marks. If you do not have a paragraph mark in your selection when you enable the Format Painter, much of the formatting you want is not there to be copied. Cheers On 22/07/08 1:39 PM, in article 59b54ca6.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "duboisb@officeformac.com" wrote: > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor: Intel > > The Format Painting Brush I have on my toolbar no longer works. > > I click on it as usual and try to copy formatting from one place to the next > but it has no effect. > > I have tried deleting the Format Painting Brush from the toolbar and then > putting it on again but this does not help. > > I frequently use this feature and it is a real pain for it now to no longer > work. -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name
Hello dubois - Unfortunately "Office 2008" & "OS X 10.5 Leopard" isn't specific enough for clarification, so if you haven't already done so make sure both Office & OS X are up to date (12.1.1 & 10.5.4, respectively) repair permissions & restart your Mac. If the problem persists once you have - or if you're certain this is already the status - please provide a few more details... Is this occurring in *all* documents or just a specific one? What type of formatting are you attempting to copy? Include specifics about what you're doing, how you're doing it & the nature/origin of the content. Have you tried from a new/other User Account? What happens if you do? What happens if you Control/Right+Click the Standard toolbar & select the Reset Toolbar command? Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 7/22/08 12:09 AM, in article 59b54ca6.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "duboisb@officeformac.com" wrote: > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor: Intel > > The Format Painting Brush I have on my toolbar no longer works. > > I click on it as usual and try to copy formatting from one place to the next > but it has no effect. > > I have tried deleting the Format Painting Brush from the toolbar and then > putting it on again but this does not help. > > I frequently use this feature and it is a real pain for it now to no longer > work.
