17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , further comprising, executing a find operation for identifying cells with the populated at least one editable non-textual formatting characteristic wherein despite the at least one field of the dialog not including text the identified cells include text.
14. A computer-implemented method for populating at least one field in a dialog of a spreadsheet program module, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a formatted cell in a spreadsheet; determining that there is no text in the at least one field of the dialog of the spreadsheet; determining, in response to selecting the formatted cell, at least one editable non-textual formatting characteristic of the selected formatted cell; populating the determined at least one editable non-textual formatting characteristic to the at least one field in the dialog; and applying the at least one editable non-textual formatting characteristic populated to the dialog without text to at least one other cell.