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Default Copying a range of data without adjusting formulas

I like to:

Select all the formulas I want to move.
Edit - Replace (Ctrl + H)
Find what: =
Replace with: XXXQQ

Copy them wherever I want.

Edit - Replace
Find what: XXXQQ
Replace with: =

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<Bug Menot wrote in message ...
I've figured this one out. Sort of.

Step one: use a Mac.

Step two: Copy the cells you want. Hit escape, so that the source range is
no longer surrounded by a marquee. Now go to where you want the cells to
go, and do Edit Paste Special ..., and specify VALU. Lo and behold, your
formulas are moved without updating.

Basically, what happens is that you trick Excel into treating the cell
contents as text rather than formulae, so it doesn't try to get clever
with them. Happily, it doesn't treat them like text to the extent of not
interpreting them as formulae once they're in the sheet.

This is under Excel for Mac 2004. I've tried with Excel 2003 on the PC,
but it seems that as soon as you clear the marquee, the cells disappear
from the clipboard. There may be a way to do it, and it may work in other
versions, i have no idea.