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006 Using the Eyedropper tool to pick up character or paragraph attributes

006 Using the Eyedropper tool to pick up character or paragraph attributes - InDesign Tutorial

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006 Using the Eyedropper tool to pick up character or paragraph attributes

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I wish I had a dollar for each time someone said they wanted a way to copy text formatting from one place to another in InDesign. Well, it turns out that you can actually do this already. You just need to know where to look, plus a couple of little secrets. The key to copying text formatting is using the Eyedropper tool down here at the bottom of the Tool panel. The Eyedropper tool is a very powerful tool, but with that power comes great responsibility. You must understand how it works or you're going to get yourself in trouble. The main thing you want to watch out for when using the Eyedropper tool is whether or not anything is selected on your page when you use it. Right now nothing is selected. So if I click to pick up some formatting, it won't affect anything on my page. If something were selected, well, whatever I pick up, it will apply it to what's selected immediately and that can cause some problems. If something were selected on my page, like a text frame or a graphic frame…

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