I don't know why the programs behave differently, but if you have Excel
2000, or later version, you can collect items on the Office clipboard,
and retrieve them later.

To see the clipboard, select a cell, and press Ctrl+C (the copy
shortcut) twice.

Lena_Office wrote:
Can anyone explain to me why the Ctrl C command in Excel "does not remember"
as long as in Word?


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Debra Dalgleish
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