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Keep rules & formatting intact when data is copied to cells

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rchandran1 Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday October 21, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 22, 2014 - Oct 21, 2014 at 10:01 AM
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 - Oct 28, 2014 at 12:09 PM
Hi,

I have an excel sheet made with few rules and formatting for cells but many times I have the requirement to copy values to these cells from textpad or notepad or different excel sheet. When I do that, the existing rules & formatting of the cells is not getting applied to these copied values. It seems to be getting applied only when I key-in the values. Did anyone faced this issue and have some solution? Please help me if you know.
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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Oct 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM
Hi Rchandran,

Right-click the destination cell and choose "Paste special". Here you can choose to only paste the values. This will let you keep the format of the destination cell.

Best regards,
Trowa
rchandran1 Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday October 21, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Thank You TrowaD! Point is I will have many users who may copy data into this excel and they may or may not use paste special. Is there an option wherein I can lock the rules and formatting and users can copy however they want?
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Oct 28, 2014 at 12:09 PM
When you lock the format of a cell the contents are also locked and therefore pasting won't work.

A workaround could be to re-apply the format after every change made. Could you let me know how your sheets colour layout is (like column A = green, cell D5 = yellow etc.)?

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