You’re pasting like it’s 2005.

Q. What is the difference between a regular paste in Microsoft Excel and Paste Special? A. As an accountant, you know how to copy or cut and paste in Microsoft Excel. On PCs, it’s as simple as Ctrl+C ...

June 20, 2013 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google When you want to fill a column in Excel with a given formula or value, you can do it the old fashioned way (select ...

Use Excel’s Paste Special feature to calculate multiple values against a data range, at the same time. You can make the process even more efficient with keyboard shortcut combinations. You probably ...

It’s not easy to fool Excel, but with a few extra clicks, you can work around this odd pasting behavior. If you paste formatted values into a cell with another applied format, the pasted format wins.

Power users rely on these lesser-known Excel shortcuts to work faster across large datasets, formulas, and worksheets.

An curved arrow pointing right. The tool "Paste Special" in Excel can do so much more than just pasting values or formats. Here's how you can use it to transform your data in a variety of different ...