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Format painter in Lucid: copy the format of a shape and paint it to other shapes

  • April 17, 2019
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CARLFUSCO

Is there a way the copy the format of a shape and paint it to other shapes similar to excel?  "Format painter"?

Best answer by Abby S

Hi Carl

Thanks for reaching out on the Lucid community. You can do what you described by right-clicking on the shape that is formatted how you would like and selecting "Copy Style" and then right clicking on the shape you would like to apply this formatting to and selecting "Paste Style". You can see these options as they appear in the right-click menu in this screenshot:

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

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Abby S
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  • Lucid community team
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  • April 17, 2019

Hi Carl

Thanks for reaching out on the Lucid community. You can do what you described by right-clicking on the shape that is formatted how you would like and selecting "Copy Style" and then right clicking on the shape you would like to apply this formatting to and selecting "Paste Style". You can see these options as they appear in the right-click menu in this screenshot:

Let me know if you have any additional questions.


Ava Firth
  • 2 replies
  • February 5, 2020

Can you please tell us if there is a way to set up a hot key shortcut for this function? Thanks


Annika W101
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  • Lucid support team
  • 134 replies
  • February 5, 2020

Hi Ava 

Thanks for your question! You can copy/paste shape style with this shortcut: 

 


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I was able to copy style/paste style but it only did the text….it specifically did not do the shape/container, which is what I wanted. How do I get it to copy style/paste style onto the shape/container?


Leianne C
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  • Lucid support team
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  • November 7, 2025

Hi ​@MakeBetterJourneyMapTemplates, thank you for continuing this post! You might find our paint style option helpful for this use case. You can find this option by clicking paint the Paint Format icon from the Formatting bar at the top-left of the workspace! For more information, I recommend checking out the Copy shape style section of this Help Center article. Would you mind giving this a try and let me know if see any improvements? 

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions!