keyboard shortcut for paste special values

To start at the beginning, what’s the fastest way to bring up the basic Paste Options menu that you see below? If your right hand is on the mouse, simply right click (RC). So, in effect, RC=MK, except one uses the mouse and the other uses the keyboard (note: some keyboards surprisingly don’t have a menu key. The Menu Key basically gives you the same menu as Right Clicking does. Below is a picture of the Menu Key in case there’s confusion (it’s at the bottom right of the keyboard). As for nomenclature, RC stands for Right Click and MK stands for Menu Key. The animation below shows some of the neat things Paste Special can do in Excel: pasting just values (no formatting or formulas), pasting a picture (that you can move around) and pasting formatting onto other numbers.īelow are what I’ve found to be the fastest Paste Special methods for various tasks. And pasting can be used in ways you’ve never imagined.

But sometimes you want to do more - or less - when pasting. Ctrl+V performs the basic paste operation - and includes the formulas and formatting, if any. The fastest way to cut, copy and paste is by using the keyboard shortcuts Ctr+X, Ctr+C and Ctr+V.

Keyboard shortcut for paste special values