Hi,

I hope the Excel mavens can help with this minor but galling problem. I
have Excel 2003 running on Windows 2000.

If I use the format painter to copy the format from cell 1 to cell 2
(e.g., change of font) it works as expected. But if I later want to alter
the format in cell 2 to boldusing the bold button, it does not alter the
format. The italic or underline buttons work as expected! But I can go to
the full format menu and use the font format setting (e.g., bold) and get
the cell 2 format changed to bold.

If I use the full format menu to format a cell I can use the bold button
to alter font characteristics (e.g., bold) - the bold button only fails to
work if I have formatted that cell with the format painter.

Is this a feature or a bug? How can I get it to work as I expect?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tom

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