How to get the colour of text in Word?

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Given that I am not using a proper stylesheet/style, is there a way of making the colour selector the same colour as an another existing word? I can copy and paste the texts to keep the colour, but I just want to make other text the same colour?

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Yes, use the format painter. Select the text you want to copy the formatting from Click on the "format painter" button. It looks like a yellow paintbrush. In 2003 it is just to the left of undo. In 2007 it is on the "Home" tab toward the left side o…

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