However, when you're creating a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, the double-click shortcut can be just as useful. In this guide, I'll share 11 of my favorite double-click Excel tricks. After typing a ...

Excel's format painter doesn't just work with cell formatting—you can also duplicate formatting between shapes, charts, text boxes, and most other items in your spreadsheet.

Click the "Home" tab at the top of the Excel 2007 window. Click "Format Painter" in the Clipboard section at the top and the cursor changes to a paintbrush.