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                    Copy type attributes (Eyedropper)
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e62a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy type attributes to unselected text</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e61a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy type attributes to selected text</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can use the Eyedropper tool
to copy type attributes such as character, paragraph, fill, and
stroke settings, and then apply those attributes to other type. By
default, the Eyedropper tool copies all type attributes. To customize
the attributes you want to copy with the Eyedropper tool, use the
Eyedropper Options dialog box.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e62a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e62a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy type attributes to unselected text</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>With the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" />, click
the text that is formatted with the attributes you want to copy.
(The text can be in another open InDesign document.) The eyedropper
pointer reverses direction, and appears full&#160;<img src="images/idrpr3.png" />, to indicate
that it’s loaded with the attributes you copied. When you position
the eyedropper pointer over text, an I-beam appears next to the
loaded eyedropper&#160;<img src="images/idrpr2.png" />. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>With the Eyedropper tool, select the text you want to
change.</span> <p>The selected text takes on the attributes loaded
in the eyedropper. As long as the Eyedropper tool is selected, you
can continue to select text to apply formatting.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>To deselect the Eyedropper tool, click another tool.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To clear the formatting attributes currently
held by the eyedropper tool, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac&#160;OS)
while the Eyedropper tool is loaded. The Eyedropper tool reverses
direction and appears empty&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" />, to
indicate that it’s ready to pick up new attributes. Click an object
containing the attributes you want to copy, and then drop the new
attributes on another object.</div><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_30" src="images/op_30.png" /><div class="figdesc">The eyedropper is clicked on formatted text to copy its formatting
(left), and then dragged across unformatted text (middle) to apply
that formatting (right).</div><br /></div><p>If you use the Eyedropper
tool to copy a paragraph style from text in one document to text
in another, and the paragraph style has the same name but different
sets of attributes, any style differences will appear as local overrides
to the destination style.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e61a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e61a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy type attributes to selected text</h3><div><ol><li><span>With the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" /> or
Path Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_HorizTypePath_Lg_N.png" />, select
the text to which you want to copy attributes.</span></li>
<li><span>Using the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" />, click
the text from which you want to copy attributes. (The text from
which you want to copy attributes must be in the same InDesign document
as the text you want to change.) The Eyedropper tool reverses direction
and appears full&#160;<img src="images/idrpr3.png" />, to
indicate that it’s loaded with the attributes you copied. The attributes
are applied to&#160;the text you selected in step 1.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_31" src="images/op_31.png" /><div class="figdesc">Type attributes copied to selected text</div><br /></div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e60a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6e60a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change which text attributes the Eyedropper tool copies</h3><div><ol><li><span>In the toolbox, double-click the Eyedropper
tool.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Character Settings or Paragraph Settings in the
Eyedropper Options dialog box.</span></li>
<li><span>Select the attributes you want to copy with the Eyedropper
tool, and then click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To copy or apply paragraph attributes
only without having to change settings in the Eyedropper Options
dialog box, hold down Shift as you click text with the Eyedropper
tool.</div></div>
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