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Restrict paste into dropdown cells in Excel

I have one Excel sheet which contains many drop-down columns.  Let's say one column has Test1, Test2, and Test3 as drop-down option values.  Cells under this column should not accept the values other ...
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7 answers
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How to stop numbers converting to date format on copy paste in Excel?

When I copy data from a site and paste in Excel, some numbers / numeric strings are converting to date format.  For example: "2-1" converting to "1-Feb".  How can I prevent this?  I have too many ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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Is there a way to copy an Excel worksheet without copying all of the cell styles in the source workbook to the target workbook?

The title pretty much says it. I have an Excel document with tons of randomly named styles that I didn't create but that I want to copy a worksheet from. When I do, it drags all of those styles into ...
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2 answers
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Excel 2007 suddenly does not paste with formatting anymore

A friend's Excel 2007 used to, when you'd copy cells and paste them within a document, paste the formatting along with it. Suddenly today it no longer does that. I found this question: How can I ...
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