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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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Copying formatting attributes between layout objects, parts, or
backgrounds
You can copy formatting attributes from objects, layout parts, or a layout background and apply
formatting to other objects, parts, or backgrounds. Copy local formatting applied at the layout level
or custom or default formatting saved in styles or
themes. You can also copy and paste formatting
for all of an object’s display states or only the currently selected display state. Copied formatting can
be pasted on the same
layout, between layouts, or on layouts in other FileMaker Pro files.
You can use the Inspector or the Format Painter tool to copy and paste formatting attributes.
To use the Inspector to apply formatting attributes to other layout objects,
parts, or backgrounds:
In Layout mode, click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.
To Do this
Copy the formatting of all states of
an object or the format applied to a
layout part
Select the object or part label, then click to the right
of the object type drop-down list (at the top of the
Appearance tab).
Copy the formatting attributes of
the selected display state of an
object
Select the object and choose the display state you want
to copy in the object state drop-down list, then click
to the right of the list (at the top of the Appearance tab).
For more information about display states, see
Specifying the display state for an object.
Copy the formatting attributes of
the layout background
Click anywhere in the layout background to select it, then
click
to the right of the object type drop-down list (at
the top of the Appearance tab).
Paste the formatting attributes for
all display states of the object that
you copied
Select one or more objects, then click to the right of
the object type drop-down list.
Paste the formatting attributes for
one display state of the object that
you copied
Select one or more objects and choose the display state
to which you want to apply the copied formatting
attributes. (You can choose a different display state from
the one you copied.) Click
to the right of the object
state drop-down list.
Note Depending on formatting that has been previously
applied to the object, formatting for one or more display
states may be applied when you paste the copied state.
Paste the formatting attributes of
the part or the layout background
that you copied
Select a part label or click anywhere in the layout
background to select it, then click
to the right of the
object type drop-down list.