On 2001.05.08 20:08:08 +0100 WJCarpenter wrote:
> chris> However, would it be possible to grab the current style at the
> chris> current cursor location in order to fill in the style form?
>
> Long ago, a version of AmiPro that I used had a feature that let you
> grab all the formatting info from one place in a document and apply it
> to a selection. I think their icon for it was an eye-dropper. I
> guess the metaphor was supposed to be sucking up formatting and
> splashing it onto the other place.
>
> You highlighted some stuff, clicked the eye-dropper icon, clicked the
> location that had the kind of formatting you wanted, and then clicked
> the target location. (Actually, it's been so long, I may have the
> mechanics mis-remembered ... maybe you did the highlight at the very
> end, while your cursor was changed to a filled eye-dropper.)
>
> Anyhow, this worked pretty well and seems to me not a bad UI adjunct
> to a dialog for editing styles (it would be OK with me to skip the
> eye-dropper metaphor ... it was a little, uh, cute).
You can do this in Word 97, and, I presume, other versions, with the
'format painter' (the icon on the toolbar looks like a paintbrush, and it
turns your pointer into a paintbrush whilst active).
Jamie.
