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When I try to paste special, I can use these two options and retain the formatting: &quot;Microsoft Excel 8.0 Format&quot; and &quot;XML Spreadsheet&quot;. <br />
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When I try the object, it failed also.<br />
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Not sure if the above two options were available when you do a paste special...<br />
sew
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When I try to paste special, I can use these two options and retain the formatting: "Microsoft Excel 8.0 Format" and "XML Spreadsheet".

When I try the object, it failed also.

Not sure if the above two options were available when you do a paste special...
sew

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I have two instances of excel running on my desktop. &nbsp;When I paste special into the same opened excel application that I copied from, I get all th options such as past only formulas, text, etc. &nbsp;When I try to paste special into the other opened Excel application, I only have the option to paste &nbsp;a worksheet object. &nbsp;Is there a way to have the same options available in the second excel application?<br />
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PasteSpecial.pdf

I have two instances of excel running on my desktop.  When I paste special into the same opened excel application that I copied from, I get all th options such as past only formulas, text, etc.  When I try to paste special into the other opened Excel application, I only have the option to paste  a worksheet object.  Is there a way to have the same options available in the second excel application?

Paste Special different when pasting to second opened Excel application

A spreadsheet is an interactive computer application program for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets developed as computerized simulations of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data represented as cells of an array, organized in rows and columns. Each cell of the array may contain either numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells.

Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel topics include formulas, formatting, VBA macros and user-defined functions, and everything else related to the spreadsheet user interface, including error messages.