Macro it is also logical for other macros, and there is aīuiltin shortcut that uses the same keyboard combination. While the suggested shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V sounds logical for this MsgBox Err.number & " " & Err.DescriptionĪpplication.CutCopyMode = False 'Clear Clipboard & Chr(10) & Err.number & " " & Err.Description & Chr(10) & "or dimension of multiple cells does not" _ MsgBox "Can't Paste Special Values from Empty Clipboard" _ Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, _ Sub PasteSpecialValues() 'assign macro to Ctrl+SHIFT+V Macro uses values from Copy (Ctrl+C) source. Up to toolbar and back and instead just use the mouse to designate the cells Well enough to prefer a macro with shortcut keys instead of moving cursor Some people with laptops can use the keypad If not familiar with installingĪnd using macros see the yellow highlighted area in Related below or see Getting started with Macros.
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I tested this using Windows 2000, Excel 2000, yyyy-mm-dd as short Regional Dateįormat and copied using both IE ( Internet Explorer 6.0) and with Firefox 1.0 (Mozilla Firefox), changed Your results from use of Notepad or PureText before pasting intoĮxcel might look like the following: (Don't forget to format Excel cells Regional date settings, but might look something like the following: Your results from a direct paste and copy would be based on your Results of copy from the table and pasting directly into Excel will varyĭepending on your Regional parameters for date entry. Note one of the columns is empty (just before 111-1), also note rows 3 & 4 haveĬhar(160) the nonbreaking space character (used one byte instead of Īnd a descrepency in the first column for the word "text". Test data you can try: (with built in surprises) My options are exactly as shown on the web page, and the options don't If you have to do this often you can convert what you copied to text within theįree to use, not to distribute, and worth every penny. You might find that the tab character was retained by notepad and youĭo not have to use Text to Columns (or the Text Import Wizard). choose which columns are to become text by selecting the column(s) and then choosing text for the format.indicate delimiters and probably treat multiple spaces as one.If it pastes all to one column then use Data, Text to columns, You might with some data be able to paste to notepad, then from notepadĬut and paste to Excel. Excel will attempt to format many numbers with two "text to columns" work exactly the same see use of text to columns later.Ĭut and Paste: from HTML that was not generated from Excel or MS Officeĭon't think you can do anything, even though you format your Excel sheetĪs text ahead of time. When you import the file you will be given a choice of your formatting -Ĭhoose text for each column within the dialog by selecting the column then choosing text. You have to format the cells as text before you enter data into a cell. It may not be clear in each of the following, but format your cells ahead of time If you are manually entering your data, you simmplyįormat the cells ahead of time as text, but you don't always have a choice. Source: data from a web page, copied (ctrl+c) using IEĮxcel will attempt to format anything that resembles a date as a date, so thatġ-18 becomes Jan 18. Typically are at least 3 times the size of simple HTML code).
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They have lots of round tripping code including formulas, and formatting (and The reason MS Office created pages would work is because Pasting data from a web page that was not created using an MS Office productĬan present problems because anything that looks like a date will be assumed Cut & Paste Location: Home page: Pasting Data from a webpage (#webpage) The problem: