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Double click of Format Painter will not format multiple cells

Double click of Format Painter will not format multiple cells

Double click of Format Painter will not format multiple cells

(OP)
I have upgraded to Office 2010 (64 bit on two laptops and 32 bit on one other) and the Format Painter does not work properly. A single click on the Format Painter allows copying a format from one location to another. A double click is supposed to allow formatting to multiple places in the document. This is not the case with all three computers. Has anyone had this problem and solved it?

RE: Double click of Format Painter will not format multiple cells

I use Office 2010 and have not seen that problem, the double click works for me.

RE: Double click of Format Painter will not format multiple cells

(OP)
I have found the source of my problem. By using the key stroke equivalent to double clicking the format painter (Ctr+Shift+C) I have discovered that there is a conflict with add-in software that I use (ExcelCalcs). I use ExcelCalcs extensively, so I will not give it up for the convenience of the extended use of the format painter. I can however disable ExcelCalcs temporarily and use the painter features without a problem. The developers at ExcelCalcs will certainly solve this issue.smile

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