What feature allows you to copy formatting from one cell to another?

The feature that allows you to copy formatting from one cell to another is the Format Painter. This tool is specifically designed to facilitate quick and easy replication of the formatting settings—such as font style, size, color, borders, and fill—applied to a selected cell. When the Format Painter is activated, you can click on the cell you want to copy formatting from, and then click on the cell (or drag over multiple cells) that you want to apply that formatting to. This is particularly useful for maintaining a consistent look throughout a spreadsheet without manually adjusting each cell’s formatting.

Cell Styles, while useful, are predefined combinations of formatting that can be applied to a cell, rather than a means to transfer the formatting from one cell to another. Data Validation is a feature that determines what type of data can be entered into a cell, ensuring data integrity, but does not relate to formatting. Conditional Formatting is used to change cell formatting based on certain conditions or criteria (like highlighting cells above a certain value), but it doesn’t facilitate copying existing formatting from one cell to another. Thus, Format Painter stands out as the dedicated tool for copying format.