Blankhi folks task is to select paragraphs 1 3 and 5 in a 7 paragraph document. then give those paragraphs a similar format. i know i could always format paragraph 1 and then use the format painter to paste the format to paragraphs 3 and 5, but is there any way to highlight the 3 paragraphs and do it in one fell swoop so to speak? many thanks Paul H