CopyFormat Method

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Copies the character formatting of the first character in the selected text. If a paragraph mark is selected, Word copies paragraph formatting in addition to character formatting.

Note  You can apply the copied formatting to another selection by using the PasteFormat method.

expression.CopyFormat

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Selection object.

Example

This example copies the formatting of the first paragraph to the second paragraph in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select
Selection.CopyFormat
ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range.Select
Selection.PasteFormat
		

This example collapses the selection and copies its character formatting to the next word.

With Selection
    .Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
    .CopyFormat
    .Next(Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1).Select
    .PasteFormat
End With