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Special Paste confusion
I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told
The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
Paste Special provide different options if you are copying from within an
Excel file that is part of your current application vs. what you can select when copying from an outside file. I am currently unable to view outside web pages, but assume you can only select from Text, HTML, etc. If you copy a cell within your current ecel sheet and choose paste special, you will see the options mentioned below. You can always paste from your outside source to a balnk excel workbook, then so your paste special from there if desired. Important note, if you open two instances of Excel (From your Start menu), you will not be able to use the paste special you are looking for. You must open your new file from within your current escel workbook. Hope that all made sense! "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
This sounds like homework!!
Try copying something before selecting pastespecial from the menu and see what you get Mike "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
Do the odd problems only from section 2-3 and show your work. No partial
credit is given. "Mike H" wrote: This sounds like homework!! Try copying something before selecting pastespecial from the menu and see what you get Mike "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
You have two instances of excel open.
Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson |
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Special Paste confusion
Huh?
"Sean Timmons" wrote in message ... Do the odd problems only from section 2-3 and show your work. No partial credit is given. "Mike H" wrote: This sounds like homework!! Try copying something before selecting pastespecial from the menu and see what you get Mike "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
This is what I was trying to do
I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 This is what I was told "Assuming all cells in your range are numbers, and all numbers need to be decreased by 1. Type -1 in a cell, copy that cell Select your range, Paste Special -- Add Voila! -- John C" But all I ever get is the what I showed in mt original post in this thread "Mike H" wrote in message ... This sounds like homework!! Try copying something before selecting pastespecial from the menu and see what you get Mike "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Same thing Mike
"Mike H" wrote in message ... This sounds like homework!! Try copying something before selecting pastespecial from the menu and see what you get Mike "Nobody" wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg |
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Special Paste confusion
Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a
csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson |
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Special Paste confusion
Yes. Use Save As...
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I don't think that was the problem.
Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Special Paste confusion
All I know is that when I try to paste special in my worksheet that is a csv I do not get the paste special dialog that gives me all the choices I only get the choices of "text or unitext" When I "save as" to a xsl I still don't get the choices other than text or unitext" when I open a worksheet created as a xsl and try to paste special I DO get the options to subtract add etc.. "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I don't think that was the problem. Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Did you open both files in a single instance of excel?
Nobody wrote: All I know is that when I try to paste special in my worksheet that is a csv I do not get the paste special dialog that gives me all the choices I only get the choices of "text or unitext" When I "save as" to a xsl I still don't get the choices other than text or unitext" when I open a worksheet created as a xsl and try to paste special I DO get the options to subtract add etc.. "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I don't think that was the problem. Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Yes
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Did you open both files in a single instance of excel? Nobody wrote: All I know is that when I try to paste special in my worksheet that is a csv I do not get the paste special dialog that gives me all the choices I only get the choices of "text or unitext" When I "save as" to a xsl I still don't get the choices other than text or unitext" when I open a worksheet created as a xsl and try to paste special I DO get the options to subtract add etc.. "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I don't think that was the problem. Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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I can't reproduce that either. When I paste special in
Excel I get all these options. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Nobody" wrote in message ... Yes "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Did you open both files in a single instance of excel? Nobody wrote: All I know is that when I try to paste special in my worksheet that is a csv I do not get the paste special dialog that gives me all the choices I only get the choices of "text or unitext" When I "save as" to a xsl I still don't get the choices other than text or unitext" when I open a worksheet created as a xsl and try to paste special I DO get the options to subtract add etc.. "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I don't think that was the problem. Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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And if you click on the Window option on the menubar, you see both workbook
names at the bottom of the dropdown list. Nobody wrote: Yes "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Did you open both files in a single instance of excel? Nobody wrote: All I know is that when I try to paste special in my worksheet that is a csv I do not get the paste special dialog that gives me all the choices I only get the choices of "text or unitext" When I "save as" to a xsl I still don't get the choices other than text or unitext" when I open a worksheet created as a xsl and try to paste special I DO get the options to subtract add etc.. "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I don't think that was the problem. Nobody wrote: Figured out my problem, my worksheet was a csv not xls, can you convert a csv to xls and then make the changes using paste special then convert it back to csv ? My import for the program I use only accepts csv format "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have two instances of excel open. Close one instance. Then in the other, use File|Open (or ctrl-o) to open the second workbook. Then do the copy|paste special. Nobody wrote: I have been told to use Special Paste, here is what I have been told The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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The problem is when I select special paste I only get
http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg What did you copy from right before trying "Paste Special?" Could it be from a window that's not an Excel window? For example, I get a result like yours when I try using "Paste Special" after copying from a Word document or from a web page. If that's your situation, try just pasting into Excel first, then immediately copy from Excel and "Paste Special" right over the same cell (or cells). |
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I made a movie of the screen so you can see exactly what I am doing.
http://www.eaglepi.com/office2007.html "pomegranate-man" wrote in message 05.209... The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg What did you copy from right before trying "Paste Special?" Could it be from a window that's not an Excel window? For example, I get a result like yours when I try using "Paste Special" after copying from a Word document or from a web page. If that's your situation, try just pasting into Excel first, then immediately copy from Excel and "Paste Special" right over the same cell (or cells). |
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You do the copying the wrong way, you shouldn't be in edit mode when you
copy if you want to paste special etc. Finish the formatting of the cell, then press enter, then select the cell again and right click and select copy or press ctrl + c and then do the paste. This is exactly as if you were copying from notepad or something. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Nobody" wrote in message ... I made a movie of the screen so you can see exactly what I am doing. http://www.eaglepi.com/office2007.html "pomegranate-man" wrote in message 05.209... The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg What did you copy from right before trying "Paste Special?" Could it be from a window that's not an Excel window? For example, I get a result like yours when I try using "Paste Special" after copying from a Word document or from a web page. If that's your situation, try just pasting into Excel first, then immediately copy from Excel and "Paste Special" right over the same cell (or cells). |
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****************THANK YOU *********************************
I have no idea why you have to hit enter after formatting and then after entering the #1 in another cell but it works now as it is suppose to.... I'm removing the movie from my server so it won't be available any longer... Thanks Peo "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You do the copying the wrong way, you shouldn't be in edit mode when you copy if you want to paste special etc. Finish the formatting of the cell, then press enter, then select the cell again and right click and select copy or press ctrl + c and then do the paste. This is exactly as if you were copying from notepad or something. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Nobody" wrote in message ... I made a movie of the screen so you can see exactly what I am doing. http://www.eaglepi.com/office2007.html "pomegranate-man" wrote in message 05.209... The problem is when I select special paste I only get http://www.eaglepi.com/images/special.jpg What did you copy from right before trying "Paste Special?" Could it be from a window that's not an Excel window? For example, I get a result like yours when I try using "Paste Special" after copying from a Word document or from a web page. If that's your situation, try just pasting into Excel first, then immediately copy from Excel and "Paste Special" right over the same cell (or cells). |
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