Using the Paste Special Command in Excel
Now when we have had a good feel about the Excel interface, and some practice of using familiar functions like Copy and Paste to manipulate, move, and duplicate data on our spreadsheets. But after using these features for a while now, we have faced a common problem lot of times, that we are unable to figure out a solution for : while we are copying and pasting cells, everything about the cell is copied and pasted — not just the value of the cell, but also its format. And, if we copy and paste a cell containing a formula, the formula itself is duplicated rather than the value that the formula outputs. This is often helpful, but sometimes it doesn't give the wanted result due to relative cell references. Sometimes, we just want to copy and paste the values of cells without bringing along anything else! That's where the Paste Special command comes in. Once we have copied the contents of a cell or range of cells, it is quick and easy to paste only the parts of that cell that ...