The cursor changes to a paintbrush icon. Use the brush to paint over a selection of text or graphics to apply the formatting. This only works once. To change the format of multiple selections in your …

Note: Microsoft Excel saves your 10 most recently selected custom colors. To quickly apply one of these colors, select the arrow next to Fill Color , and then select the color that you want under Recent Colors.

Add or change a fill of a table cell, including applying colors, gradients, textures, and patterns, in PowerPoint for Mac.

Note: Pattern fill effects for background colors are not available for Excel for the web. If you apply any from Excel on your desktop, it won't appear in the browser.

Scroll through the list of apps at the bottom of the Settings page to find Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and tap to open its Settings. In the app settings on the right side, at the bottom under Draw and Annotate, …

Whether you're creating a presentation in PowerPoint or building a catalog in Excel, 3D makes your work stand out. It's built-in to the Office apps you love, and with Paint 3D in Windows 10, you can …

Select the cell with the formatting you want to copy. Select Home > Format Painter. Drag to select the cell or range you want to apply the formatting to. Release the mouse button and the formatting …

Select Format Painter. Single-click Format Painter to apply the formatting once. Double-click Format Painter to apply the formatting more than once. Select what you want to apply the formatting to. …

You can add combinations of individual effects to your shape in these programs: Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. Important: In Word and Outlook, you first must anchor multiple objects before …

Highlight or shade alternate rows of data with colors or patterns to improve the readability of your Excel worksheets.