Feature Description:


QuarkXPress 2015 offers capability to pick the formats (style attributes) from selected text and apply to text elsewhere in the document.


QuarkXPress offer:


• A new Style tool/button called Format Painter is introduced on Measurement palette that is available on Home and Character tabs for selection.


• How it works:


o Select text or click on text where you want to pick the formatting


o Click on the tool first to change cursor to Format picker mode. This step will copy the formatting from selected text already.


o Now make a selection of target text to apply formatting.


o The tool will have sticky behavior, so you can apply formatting as many text selections as you want.


o You can press Esc key or click back on Format Painter


o If the source text selection includes paragraph ending, it will apply both character and paragraph formatting to target text selection.


o If the source text selection has multiple character formats applied, it will only pickup formatting from the first character from source selection.


• Keyboard shortcuts:


For Picking the formatting:


Mac – Cmd+Option+Shift+C


Win – Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C


To apply formatting:


Mac – Cmd+Option+Shift+A


Win – Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A