Excel copy formatting shortcut

Let’s say you are working on a sales report, each sheet representing a different month. You’ve spent a reasonable amount of time making the January sheet look just right; you’ve got bold headers, specific number formats for sales figures, and color-coded cells to highlight important values.

Now, it’s time to prepare the report for February.

Instead of applying formatting again, which can be time-consuming, you can quickly copy the formatting from the January sheet.

To copy formatting from one cell or a range of multiple cells, you need to select it first and then copy it.

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After that, select the cell or range where you want to paste the formatting. Here you can use the paste special option to only paste the formatting and leave the rest.

In this tutorial, we will learn different ways to copy and paste only formatting from a cell or a range of cells in Excel.

Copy Formatting in Excel (Paste Special)

Paste Special allows you choose exactly what you want to paste from copied data.

For example, you can copy a cell and use Paste Special to paste only the cell’s formatting,

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