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Never do this in Word: Use Format Painter as a replacement for styles If you find yourself using Format Painter a lot, stop. Instead, create a custom style or modify one of Word’s built-in styles accordingly. Formats applied directly (manually) have a way of causing problems because they take precedence over styles. Later, when applying a style doesn’t have the desired effect, you might not know why. Format Painter isn’t the only culprit though—any direct formatting has the potential to cause [More]