Using Paste Special in Excel feature

To paste static data, click the attribute of the copied data that you want.
To paste linked data, click All or All except borders.
View all available attribute options and their functions
Click this option:All: Paste all cell contents and formatting.
Formulas: Paste only the formulas as entered in the formula bar.
Values: Paste only the values as displayed in the cells.
Formats: Paste only cell formatting.
Comments: Paste only comments attached to the cell.
Validation: Paste data validation rules for the copied cells to the paste area.
All except borders: Paste all cell contents and formatting applied to the copied cells except borders.
Column widths: Paste the width of one column or range of columns to another column or range of columns. Formulas and number formats: Paste only formulas and number formatting options from the selected cells.
Values and number formats: Paste only values and number formatting options from the selected cells.
Do any combination of the following:
Under Operation, specify which mathematical operation, if any, you want to apply to the copied data. View all available Operation options and their functions
Using the Operation options, you can mathematically combine the contents of the copy area with the contents of the paste area. Click this option to:
None: Paste the contents of the copy area without a mathematical operation.
Add: Add the values in the copy area to the values in the paste area.
Subtract: Subtract the values in the copy area from the values in the paste area.
Multiply: Multiply the values in the paste area by the values in the copy area.
Divide: Divide the values in the paste area by the values in the copy area.
Note: Mathematical operations can be applied only to values. To use an option other than None, you must choose All, Values, All except border, or Values and number formats under Paste.
To avoid replacing values in your paste area when blank cells occur in the copy area, select Skip blanks.
To change columns of copied data to rows, or vice versa, select Transpose.
Note: Depending on the type of data that you copy and the Paste options that you select, specific options may be unavailable.
If you want to link the pasted data to the original data, click Paste Link.
When you paste a link to Excel data, Excel enters an absolute reference to the copied cell or range of cells in the new location.
Note: Paste Link is available only when you select All or All except borders.
Use Paste Special to insert or link to data from another program
In the other software program, select the data that you want to copy, and then use the copy command of that program to place the data on the Clipboard.
In an Excel worksheet, select the cell in the upper-left corner of the paste area where you want to insert the copied data.
Note: To prevent the copied data from replacing existing data, make sure that the worksheet has no data below or to the right of the cell that you click.
On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
In the As box, click the type of information that you want to paste from the Clipboard.
Do one of the following:
To paste and embed the information without creating a link, click Paste.
To link the pasted data to its source document, click Paste link.
If you do not want linked data to be displayed in your file, select Display as icon.
Note: Depending on the type of data that you copy, the Paste link and Display as icon options may not be available.