Paste Special is Special!

Paste Special is one of those Excel tools that once you discover what you can do with it, you wonder how you ever lived without it. To find it, simply copy something on your worksheet and Right-Click. Paste Special will be near the top of the dropdown list.

Here are the Top 5 Ways I use Paste Special on a regular basis:

1) Paste Values: Simply copy the results of formulas, and Paste the Values in a new range of cells
2) Multiply or Divide: You can copy a value and use Paste Special to multiply or divide an entire existing range of numbers
3) Paste Validation: Easily copy a cell that has Validation applied, and paste that validation only in a new cell or range
4) Transpose: You can easily transpose a column into a row, or a row into a column
5) Paste a Link: Simply copy a cell in another worksheet, and using the Paste Link button on Paste Special, you can paste a dynamic link to a new location.

Paste Special is truly one of the indispensible tools in Excel. If you haven’t been using it, give it a try today. You will wonder how you ever lived without it!