There are lots of features you might consider. Aditee wants an automated process that will warn users when they enter data in the wrong format. On the other hand, when someone pastes a date value, Excel ignores the destination cell’s format, retaining the formatting from the original source–not what users expect. When entering date values, the template’s formatting accommodates the YYYY-MM-DD format–it works as expected. SEE: 10 Excel time-savers you might not know about (TechRepublic) The problem: Excel paste task overwrites destination cell’s formatĪditee collects data from several different vendors, who use an Excel template. The first solution works in Excel’s browser edition the VBA procedure doesn’t. You can work with your own data or download the demonstration.
I’m using Excel 2016 (desktop) on a Windows 10 64-bit system.
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How to return first and last times from timestamps in Microsoft ExcelĬhecklist: Microsoft 365 app and services deployments on Macs Get Microsoft Office Pro and lifetime access to 5 top apps for $59.99 In this article, we’ll discuss the problem and two simple solutions–neither of them perfect. Why format a cell if it can be so easily undermined? That’s the problem Aditee ran into with a distributed Excel template. It’s an unusual behavior that most of us don’t expect. If you paste formatted values into a cell with another applied format, the pasted format wins.
It's not easy to fool Excel, but with a few extra clicks, you can work around this odd pasting behavior.
Office Q&A: How to stop Excel’s paste task from overwriting destination cell’s format
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