VBA – Format Painter

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Editorial Team

Reviewed by

Steve Rynearson

Last updated on July 19, 2021



A simple example of using the Format Painter in a macro. The following code copies the formatting(color, font, etc) from cell A1 and pastes it on cell B1.



Sub FormatPainter()



    Range("A1").Copy

    Range("B1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    

End Sub

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