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Using the Eyedropper tool to copy/paste formatting

Using the Eyedropper tool to copy/paste formatting

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Using the Eyedropper tool to copy/paste formatting

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InCopy CS5 is the first version of InCopy to have InDesign's Eyedropper tool. The Eyedropper tool you'll see in the Tool panel on the left is the one that looks like an eyedropper, and it's kind of the equivalent of Words Format Painter tool. I know a lot of editors have asked before is, is there any way that I can copy and paste formatting like I can in Word? You can get pretty close to that with the Eyedropper tool, but I'm going to tell you right on the onset it doesn't work exactly like the Format Painter. You cannot apply formatting to this contiguous paragraph. Like you can't hold on the Ctrl key and select the line here and then a line two paragraphs later. That won't work at all in InDesign or InCopy. It can only do one paragraph or one-line at a timer or once selection at a time. But let's just work as it is right off the bat just to give you an idea of how it works. So, what you do is you select the Eyedropper tool. This only works by the way in Layout view. It will be…

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