In the absence of another reply ........
Perhaps you have a later version of Excel that does fancy things - in
which case "It is a feature, not a bug" and you will need to have a
look at Help.
I am still using XL97 here and do not get these problems. :)
Copy the cell.
Select cells below the formula.
Edit/Paste Special/Formulas.
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