Drag and insert
Windows shortcut
Shiftdrag
Mac shortcut
⇧drag
By default, when you drag a selection to a new location, the values in the selection will overwrite cells at the new location. Use this shortcut to insert cells at the new location. This also works when dragging entire rows or columns.
Related videos
The videos below demonstrate this shortcut.
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