A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
The PickUp and Apply methods of the ShapeRange are what you need.
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Enjoy,
Tony
"ExcitedNewUser" wrote in message
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> Is there a method in VBA for using the format painter functionality. I
> have tried many things and am still not able to copy the formats of a
> shape to another. I am actually using just textboxes and want to copy the
> formatting of an existing one to a new one after I create it.
>
> Thanks!
>
Enjoy,
Tony