(You can tell if something else in the menu uses the key if the letter is underlined). Note: typing just вЂњVвЂќ for Values works because nothing else in the Context Menu uses that key. YouвЂ™ll also see the preview for Values in the second column reflecting what the job will look like if I choose this option. Below youвЂ™ll see the вЂњValues (V)вЂќ telling you that вЂњVвЂќ is the shortcut key for pasting only Values (вЂњTвЂќ is for Transpose, вЂњNвЂќ is for link, etc.). Hover over each icon to (a) get its shortcut key and (b) get a preview of what the paste option will look like.

So the fastest way to paste values is RC-V (or MK-V if your right hand is on the keyboard already). Typing вЂњVвЂќ is faster than maneuvering and clicking the mouse since itвЂ™s an easy target for the left index finger (no need to move the hand across the keyboard). If you want to paste Values, then either click on the вЂњ123вЂќ icon (slower) or simply type the shortcut for it, which in this case is вЂњVвЂќ (faster).

Paste Options Menu: RC or MK - use RC if your right hand is on the mouse and MK if itвЂ™s on theВ keyboardД®ach method will bring up the same basic Paste OptionsВ menu below, which includes the following six options from left to right (IвЂ™m also giving their shortcut key): вЂњnormalвЂќ Paste (P), Values (V), Formula (F), Transpose (T), Formatting (R) and Paste Link (N): If your right hand is on the keyboard, simply hit the Menu Key (MK). To start at the beginning, whatвЂ™s the fastest way to bring up the basic Paste OptionsВ 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 donвЂ™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 thereвЂ™s confusion (itвЂ™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 showsВ 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.Д«elow areВ what IвЂ™ve found to be the fastestВ Paste Special methods for various tasks. And pasting can be used in ways youвЂ™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.

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