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You download a sample file to follow along. To select non-contiguous cells (prior to entering data, applying formatting, or deleting data), use the Ctrl key and the mouse. Not really a solution, but workaround for situation like this. That’s why the copy and paste in filtered range is a hassle. In other words, the four values will be pasted to C6, C7, C8 and C9 respectively. When we paste this to C6, Excel pastes these four values as a continuous range starting at C6. Excel simply ignores all the cells (values) that are filtered out. In the window that appears, pick Visible Cells Only and click OK.

Then, head to the Home tab and click the Find & Select (magnifying glass) drop-down arrow. In this case, four values (cells) are copied to clipboard. Start by selecting the cells you want to copy and paste. It is denoted by the “marching ants” as shown below: When we copy from a filtered range, only “Visible cells” are copied. The value in C9 got pasted “correctly” just by luck !! Let’s clear the filter and examine what’s actually been pasted ( assuming we spotted something wrong and checked immediately… you know what I am talking about). Indeed the result was a total mess (only the first cell will be pasted with the value as expected). 😓 Did you see the problem?Īt the first glance, It looks like that only 2 values were replaced correctly. What action appear on top of your mind? Copy and Paste of course.īut… if you had tried, you knew it… a regular Copy and Paste does NOT work.

Then we want to replace the original values with the updated values. In a filtered range of data, we made few changes on the side.