Judith :

A few links on keyboard shortcuts, et al.

Chip Pearson
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ShortCuts.htm

David McRitchie
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/shortx2k.htm

I've never seen a shortcut for the Format Painter. David McRitchie's
site has a link to a macro that provides some functionality. Search
the page for 'Painter'.

HTH
Paul
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Is ther a keyboard shortcut to the format painter and if not what is the code
line i should use to create my own shortcut plaese