Excel Skills—Six functions of formatting the start menu

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Today we mainly study the "format brush" in the " first block - clipboard".

 

"Formatting brush" mainly copies all the formats of an object such as color, font style, font size, border style, etc. to the target object. We can understand it as copy and paste of format.

Speaking of "format brush", I think a small brush should appear in everyone's mind immediately, and the format can be copied to the target position with one click. But we also know that each time you click the format brush can only be used once, so what if you want to use it many times?

Today we are going to talk about "format brush", there must be some unexpected functions in it.

Let's take a look at the mind map first.

1. Click the Format Painter

Click the format painter is our most commonly used.

Specific steps are as follows:

1. Select the cell you want to copy format;
2. Click the "Format Brush" button, the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
3. Just click the target cell.

The specific demonstration is as follows:

Note that this method can only be used once , if you want to copy the format again, you need to repeat the operation again.

2. Interlacing

Learned the simplest "format brush", we can perform an example operation on this basis, such as interlaced filling.

In order to better distinguish and view the data of each row when we are making the table, we generally choose to change the color between rows. Let's think about how to achieve it with "format brush"?

Specific steps are as follows:

1. Fill a row of table colors every other row;
2. Use the mouse to select this row and its adjacent rows;
3. Click the "Format Brush" button, the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
4. Drag the mouse to select the target cell.

The specific demonstration is as follows:

This method is an extended use case of clicking "Format Painter", and other similar applications can also be used. Think about it.

3. Batch hide rows / columns

Sometimes when we are processing data, we want to display only part of the data. For example, we want to hide the even-numbered rows. What should we do? Of course, you can hide it line by line. If there are many lines, is it crazy? "Formatting brush" can help you solve this problem.

Now let's do an example operation. For example, we want to hide rows 4, 6, 8, and 10 in the following table. What should we do?

Specific steps are as follows:

1. First select the fourth row;
2. Hold down the " Shift key " and keep pressing;
3. Then right-click the mouse to bring up the right-click menu, select the hide button, and hide the fourth row.
4. Select the 5th row and release the " Shift key ";
5. Click "Format Brush", the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
6. Just select rows 6-11.

The specific demonstration is as follows:

This method is to click the extended use case of "Format Painter". Note that the " Shift key " must be kept pressed during steps ② ~ ④. The operation method of batch hiding columns is the same.

4. Double-click the format brush

Through the previous study, we know that clicking the "format brush" has a flaw: it can only be used once. If consecutive cells are okay, one time is enough. What if the target cell is not multiple consecutive cells?

At this time, double-click the "format brush" to make its debut. Just double-click the "format brush" to achieve random and unlimited brushing. To exit the "format brush" state, just click the "format brush" button or press the upper left of the keyboard corner " the Esc key " button.

Specific steps are as follows:

1. Select the cell you want to copy format;
2. Double-click the "Format Brush" button, the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
3. Click the target cell again, you can click unlimitedly;
4. If you want to exit the "Format Brush" state, click the "Format Brush" button or press the " Esc key " in the upper left corner of the keyboard .

The specific demonstration is as follows:

Note that double-click the "Format Painter" button. If you want to exit the "Format Painter" state , click the "Format Painter" button or press the " Esc key " in the upper left corner of the keyboard .

5. " Copy " function

I believe everyone must be very confused when seeing this title. Can "format brush" be "copy"? It really works, let's teach you how to copy and paste with "format brush" .

The specific demonstration is as follows:

1. Select the cell range to be copied;
2. Double-click "Format Brush", the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
3. Select the target cell range, and the format will be copied to the target cell range;
4. Press " the Enter key " to implement content replication.

The specific demonstration is as follows:

This method is double-click the "Format Painter" extension use cases, pay attention to double-click the "Format Painter" button, select a destination cell recall press " the Enter key ."

6. Batch fill format

How to fill the format in batches? With the help of the search function, we can quickly fill the format of the content found to meet the conditions in batches.

Now let's do an example operation. For example, we want to use a uniform style for all the 90-point cells in the table below. What should we do?

Specific steps are as follows:

1. First define the E4 cell as a 90-point format template, and set the desired style;
2. Select cell E4;
3. Double-click "Format Brush", the mouse becomes a white cross + brush;
4. Press " Ctrl + F " key combination to call up the search window;
5. Enter 90 in the search content input box , and click search all;
6. Press " Ctrl + A " to select all content that meets the conditions, and close the search window
7. At this time, the batch filling format has been completed, and it is in the "formatting" state. Press the " Esc " key on the upper left corner of the keyboard or press the "formatting" button to exit the "formatting" state.

The specific demonstration is as follows:

This method is to double-click the extended use case of "Format Painter" , pay attention to double-click the "Format Painter" button .

 

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