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How to Copy and Paste Text Styles in Mac OS X Mail

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

I usually write my text first and format it later. If I want to italicize all measures in my email (I'm mailing a recipe) and use a special font for them, I only do this for the first measure. All other teaspoons and cups get the same style easily by copy and paste in Mac OS X Mail.

Copy and Paste Text Styles in Mac OS X Mail

To copy and paste text styles in Mac OS X Mail:

  • Position the cursor in text that carries the formatting you want to copy.
  • Press Command-Option-C (like the normal text copy, but with Option).
  • Highlight the text you want to apply the formatting to.
  • Press Command-Option-V (like the normal text pasting, but with Option).
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