Excel: Recalculating or Choosing Command Clears Clipboard
ID: Q58228
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0
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Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a
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Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0
SUMMARY
When you Cut or Copy data in Microsoft Excel, a description of the
operation and the selection on is maintained the internal Clipboard.
For example "Cut 1R x 1C" indicates that a selection of one row by one
column has been cut.
Microsoft Excel clears the internal Clipboard when most commands other
than Paste or Paste Special are used or when the worksheet is
recalculated immediately following a Cut or Copy operation. Any
information currently in the Clipboard (other than external copied
information) is lost. If the moving border surrounding the currently
cut or copied information stops moving, the internal Clipboard
contents have been cleared.
Commands that do not affect the Clipboard include: commands on the
Window menu; and New, Open, Close, and Links (on the File menu).
MORE INFORMATIONMacintosh Version Only
In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, you can externalize the
Clipboard, to allow the copied data to be retained in the Clipboard
until another Copy operation is executed. To externalize the
Clipboard, do the following:
- Select the area to be copied.
- From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
- From the Apple menu, choose Scrapbook.
- From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
The desired editing commands can now be executed and the Clipboard
will not be cleared. The data can be pasted repeatedly until another
Copy is executed.
Another way to externalize the Clipboard is to using MultiFinder to
switch to the Finder and then switch back to Microsoft Excel.
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