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Depending on the selected element, you can format:

Paragraph

Text

Paragraph and text

Cell

 

The table below shows the principles according to which formatting is copied and pasted.

 

When you copy

When you paste

Result

The cursor is positioned or the entire paragraph (paragraphs) is/are selected

The cursor is positioned

Formatting of a paragraph or first selected paragraph

A paragraph is partially selected

Text formatting

The entire paragraph or paragraphs is/are selected

Text formatting

Several paragraphs are partially selected

Text formatting

A part of the paragraph is selected

The cursor is positioned

Formatting is not pasted

A part of the paragraph is selected

Formatting selected text

The entire paragraph or paragraphs is/are selected

Several paragraphs are partially selected

The cursor is positioned

A spreadsheet cell, column, or row is selected

Formatting of text and paragraph for the selected cell

A part of the paragraph is selected

Formatting of text for a selected cell

The entire paragraph or paragraphs is/are selected

Formatting of a paragraph and text

A spreadsheet cell is selected

A spreadsheet cell is selected

Formatting of a cell, paragraph, and text

The cursor is positioned

Formatting of a paragraph

A part of the paragraph is selected

Text formatting

The entire paragraph or paragraphs is/are selected

Formatting of a paragraph and text

Several paragraphs are partially selected

Formatting of a paragraph

A row or column is selected

Formatting of a cell, paragraph, and text

The width of the selected column is equal to the width of the copied cell, and the height of the selected row is equal to the height of the copied cell

A row or column is selected

A row or column is selected

Formatting of a cell, paragraph, and text from the left cell of the copied row or from the upper cell of the copied column

The width of the column is equal to the width of the upper cell of the copied column or the width of the left cell of the copied row, and the height of the selected row is equal to the height of the left cell of the copied row or the upper cell of the copied column

 

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