Copy selected cells
Windows shortcut
CtrlC
Mac shortcut
⌘C
Copy puts everything on the clipboard: text, formulas, formatting, borders, fills, etc. Use Paste Special to selectively paste only parts of what was copied.
On the Mac, Ctrl + C also works
Related videos
The videos below demonstrate this shortcut.
One of the cool things you can do with Paste Special is make "in place" changes to numbers. This is a handy way to quickly change things like dates, prices, and times without using formulas.
In this video, we'll introduce the idea of a dynamic range and show you why you might want to use one. Spoiler: they adjust formulas automatically when data changes.
In this video, we’ll look at a couple ways to use the FILTER function to extract data between dates.
In this video, we'll look at how to create a list of random dates with the RANDARRAY function.
In this video, we'll look at a way to quickly add missing data to a worksheet. It's a simple technique using a very basic formula, and a cool example of relative cell references.
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