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Copy formatting keyboard shortcut in 4 apps

Copy formatting has a documented keyboard shortcut in 4 apps here, among them Canva, Google Docs, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint. The most common keys are Ctrl + Alt + C on Windows and Cmd + Option + C on a Mac.

Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 11, 2026.

Copy formatting keyboard shortcuts in 4 apps
App Windows Mac What it does
Canva Windows Ctrl + Alt + C Mac Cmd + Option + C Copy the selection's styling
Google Docs Windows Ctrl + Alt + C Mac Not documented Copy formatting
Google Slides Windows Ctrl + Alt + C Mac Cmd + Option + C Copy the selection's styling
Microsoft PowerPoint Windows Ctrl + Shift + C Mac Not documented Copy formatting

What most apps settled on for Copy formatting

On Windows, Ctrl + Alt + C is the combination in 3 of the 4 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + Option + C in 2 of 2. One app goes its own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find it.

Where the table is deliberately empty

2 apps here publish no Mac key for Copy formatting, so those cells are left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Copy formatting, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.

If the keys for Copy formatting do nothing

The 4 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since copy formatting is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction

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