Paste Options in Excel

This post will explain the use case of paste options in Microsoft excel and its features.

Paste Options in Excel

In Excel, the Paste option is available as a drop-down button in the Home tab. Once clicked a drop-down appears with the following groups: Paste, Paste Values, Other Paste Options, and Paste Special.

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste

The Paste option simply pastes everything from the cell which we copied.

Step 1: Select A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press CTRL+C.

Step 2: Select C5, right-click, and then click the paste option or press CTRL+V or select paste option from the drop-down list.

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste Value

Paste Value option paste only the exact value of the copied cell.

Step 1: Select A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press CTRL+C.

Step 2: Select C5, right-click and then click paste value option.

RESULT:

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste Formula

The Paste Formula option paste the formula only.

Step 1: Select A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press CTRL+C.

Step 2: Select C5, right-click, and then click paste formula option.

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste Formatting

The Paste Formatting option pastes only the formatting from the copied cell.

Step 1: Select A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press ctrl+c.

Step 2: Select C5, right-click, and then click paste formatting option.

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste Transpose

The Paste Transpose option pastes the data in rows to columns and vice versa.

Step 1: Select A1 to A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press CTRL+C.

Step 2: Select E3, right-click, and then click paste transpose option.

RESULT:

PASTE OPTIONS IN MS EXCEL

Paste Special

The Paste Special offers a dialog box where more paste options are available.

Step 1: Select A5, right-click, and then click copy option or press CTRL+C.

Step 2: Select C5, right-click and then click paste special option or press CTRL + ALT + V.

Step 3:  A dialog box appears, select the required paste option and also select the operation and then click OK.

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  • Excel
  • November 23, 2021