How can I copy a conditional formatting from one document to another

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Google Spreadsheets can copy cell format to destination cell  but it seems  Conditional formatting  information didn t be copied   Can we just copy the  Conditional formatting  from one document to another     I know we can recreate it from the  Conditional formatting  dialog but it s really time consuming  whereas if we can just copy and paste  then it s fantastic

User · Answer

You can also copy a cell which contains the conditional formatting and then select the range  of destination document -or page-  where you want the conditional format to be applied and select  paste special   gt   paste only conditional formatting

User · Answer

If you want to copy conditional formatting to another document you can use the  Copy to     feature for the worksheet  click the tab with the name of the worksheet at the bottom  and copy the worksheet to the other document   Then you can just copy what you want from that worksheet and right-click select  Paste special  -   Paste conditional formatting only   as described earlier

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To copy conditional formatting from google spreadsheet  doc1  to another  doc2  you need to do the following    Go to the bottom of doc1 and right-click on the sheet name  Select Copy to Select doc2 from the options you have  note  doc2 must be on your google drive as well  Go to doc2 and open the newly  pasted  sheet at the bottom  it should be the far-right one  Select the cell with the formatting you want to use and copy it  Go to the sheet in doc2 you would like to modify  Select the cell you want your formatting to go to  Right click and choose paste special and then paste conditional formatting only Delete the pasted sheet if you don t want it there  Done

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To achieve this you can try below steps    Copy the cell or column which has the conditional formatting you want to copy  Go to the desired cell or column  maybe other sheets  where you want to apply conditional formatting  Open the context menu of the desired cell or column  by right-click on it   Find the  Paste Special  option which has a sub-menu  Select the  Paste conditional formatting only  option of the sub-menu and done

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