Tools--Options--Edit tab, and uncheck Show Paste Options button.
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Anne Troy
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"martock" wrote in message
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If I fill cells by dragging a formula down a column, Excel inserts a Fill
Option box offering a "choice of fillings" - copy, fill with format and
fill
without format. Is it possible to stop this box appearing? I do not think
it
was part of Office 2000.