How to paste in multiple cells in Excel

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Copy and paste is an operation that you will perform frequently when working with Excel. You may want to copy some data from one sheet to another. There are 3 ways in which this can be done:

  1. Keyboard shortcuts
  2. Context menu
  3. Edit menu

Option 1 – Use the keyboard shortcuts

Step 1 – Copy the data

  • Select the data
  • Press Ctrl+C

Step 2 – Paste the data

  • Go to the location where the data is to be pasted
  • Press Ctrl+V

Option 2 – Use the context menu

Step 1 – Copy the data

  • Select the data
  • Right-click and select Copy from the context menu

Step 2 – Paste the data

  • Go to the location where the data is to be pasted
  • Right-click and select Paste from the context menu

Option 3 – Use the menu option

Step 1 – Copy the data

  • Select the data
  • Go to Home > Clipboard
  • Expand the Copy dropdown
  • Select Copy 

Step 2 – Paste the data

  • Go to the location where the data is to be pasted
  • Go to Home > Clipboard
  • Expand the Paste dropdown
  • Select Paste