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Stop using format painter in Excel: Find and replace formatting instead

First, set up a model cell with the replacement formatting. Next, press Ctrl+H to launch the Find and Replace dialog. There, define both the Find What and Replace With formatting by clicking "Choose ...
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5 Excel Custom Format Tricks You Didn’t Know You Needed

Number formats in Microsoft Excel define how data is displayed in your spreadsheet without changing the underlying values. As well as using number formats to present data as dates, times, percentages, ...