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Excel Paste Shortcut

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September 14, 2011 by Mynda Treacy

The other day I was in an Excel forum helping answer some questions.

I like to help, because….well, I like to help, plus I like a challenge and it gives me ideas for things I can share with you.

Anyway, I came across this tip (posted by someone else) and I had to read it twice.

I had to read it twice because it was so simple…and something I’ve just always done on auto-pilot without even thinking. Talk about blinded by the obvious.

I would never have shared it with you if it wasn’t for other people saying that it was a great tip.

So here it is. Drum roll!

Instead of pasting using CTRL+V or the long way; right-click > paste:

Hit the ENTER key.

Excel tip - Enter to paste

That’s it!

For extra credit you can select a range and then hit ENTER to paste to the whole range.

Benefits of ENTER instead of CTRL+V etc.

  • The copied range is automatically deselected upon ENTER. i.e. the marching ants around the cells you copied are gone. No need to press ESC.
  • You can paste to one cell or a range of cells. Just select all the cells you want to paste to and then hit ENTER.

Downside of ENTER instead of CRTL+V etc.

  • You can only paste once because the act of hitting ENTER clears your clipboard.

Bonus tip:

I’m still struggling to justify ENTER to paste as a tip so I feel like I need to give you more, so here it is.:

  • To switch between open Excel workbooks press CTRL+TAB.
  • To keep scrolling through your open workbooks keep holding CTRL while pressing TAB.

Excel tip - CTRL+TAB

Were either of these tips something new to you or do you already use them? Let me know in the comments below.

Plus, for more blindingly obvious tips and a lot of more advance stuff fill out the form below to sign up for our Excel Tips & Tricks newsletter.

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Comments

  1. Izhaar Ahmed Gaad

    July 29, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    Hi, Mynda. I am realy appreciative of the great job done by you, and your bonus tip is new for me.

    Reply
    • Mynda Treacy

      July 29, 2013 at 10:40 pm

      You’re welcome, Izhaar 🙂

      Reply
  2. simlaoui

    February 7, 2012 at 7:59 am

    Great tip!
    thank you Mynda for sharing your knowledge.
    i would like to share this tip with you and your valuable readers.
    to paste a value on cell; here is one way to do so:
    assume that B1 contains =sum(A1:a10) (for example)
    1- click on the Cell B1
    2-click F2
    3- click F9
    4- Enter
    and Voilà as French people say!
    thank you and good luck!
    Have a nice day!

    Reply
    • Mynda Treacy

      February 7, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      Hi Simlaoui,

      I love your tip. Thanks for sharing 🙂

      Kind regards,

      Mynda.

      Reply

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