The format painter is use when you format several cells with the same format. Instead of doing the last procedure you've done in formatting, you need to use format painter. So that less time. David Weddle <ddweddle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: What on earth is the Format Painter? I use Excel quite extensively (Excel 2000 at work and Excel XP at home) and I've nevewr heard of it. Just out of curiosity, I asked my sighted wife who also uses Excel a lot, and she's never heard of it either. Can you enlighten me? Take care... Dave Weddle -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evangeline Dionisio Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:16 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Format painter in Microsoft Excel I am using Excel 2000, but my problem is the format painter. Sometimes I need to use the format painter but I can't find it in the format menu. Is there a keyboard shortcut for it to use? I even use the root jaws to Pc but I can't locate it. I hope you can help me. Thanks. emdionisio Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com emdionisio Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com