Drag and copy
Windows shortcut
Ctrldrag
Mac shortcut
⌥drag
The default behavior for drag and drop is to cut data in cells, but you can also copy cells during drag and drop. To copy cells, use this shortcut before or after you start to drag the selection. Excel will display a small plus (+) symbol to indicate the copy operation.
Related videos
The videos below demonstrate this shortcut.
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This video shows you how to stop Excel from changing cell references when you want an exact copy of a formula in a different cell.
In this lesson, we cover shortcuts you can use for drag and drop in Excel.
In this video, we show you how to use drag and drop, which can be surprisingly useful.
In this video, we'll look at how to resize and copy charts, including a way to snap the chart to cells.
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