Copy paste text styles like MS Word?

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June 18, 2019
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Hello, Can't figure this out:

I want to be able to copy and paste just text format from one letter to another IN THE SAME TEXT LAYER.

Can this be done?

It will save me a lot of time with something I am doing if I don't have to apply text and color styles 20 times here.

Thanks.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Todd:

There isn't a copy styles function in Photoshop, but you can save your text formatting as either a Character Style (or Paragraph Style) and apply it to other text in that same file.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

todd.guilmetteAuthor

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Hi, I tried that, but when I put a new style in, it won't apply to just one letter, just the whole text layer. I'm trying to make a sort of drop cap, where the first letter of every word is a different font.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

This is what I am trying to do: I'm trying to make the initial letters of each word be a different font and color, as seen in this pic on the first line:

I swear I used to be able to do this in old CS5 using Ctrl-Y to repeat last action, but it doesn't seem to work in this new version.

Hi Todd:

In Adobe Photoshop, Ctrl+Y is the shortcut for View > Proof Colors, and—to the best of my knowledge—it has always been Ctrl+Y.
In Microsoft Word, Ctrl+Y will repeat the last action. I think maybe you are confusing the two applications.

Here is how a character style can solve this for you:

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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