Paste Special Operations Won't Work with Nonadjacent Data

Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
Article ID: Q96416

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 4.0 and 4.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel versions 4.0 and 4.0a for Windows, when you copy nonadjacent data and use the Paste Special command, if any of the Operation options in the Paste Special dialog box are used (Add, Subtract, Divide, or Multiply) the destination cells and the cells surrounding the destination may be overwritten with incorrect values.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above. This problem does not occur in later versions of Microsoft Excel.

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Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a discontiguous adjacent replace
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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
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