Comments on: How do I format a cell in excel so when I paste a number with decimals they don’t show up? http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up Let us help you add it up! Mon, 21 May 2012 10:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: brayden http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up/comment-page-1#comment-6935 brayden Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11:59 +0000 http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up#comment-6935 Which version of Excel are you referring to? Unless you have a really old version, when you paste into a cell, a "paste options" box should appear at the bottom right hand corner of your cell (it looks like a tiny clipboard). If you click the arrow, it will have the options of "Keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting". Apparently you're wanting 'match destination formatting'. If you have Excel 2003 or Excel 2007 and the paste options box is not appearing, then it has been turned off. You can easily turn it back on. If that is your case, and since I don't know which version of Excel you have in order to give you steps to do so, here is a direct link to Microsoft to turn the paste options box feature back on...this includes both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289577<br><b>References : </b><br> Which version of Excel are you referring to? Unless you have a really old version, when you paste into a cell, a "paste options" box should appear at the bottom right hand corner of your cell (it looks like a tiny clipboard). If you click the arrow, it will have the options of "Keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting". Apparently you’re wanting ‘match destination formatting’.

If you have Excel 2003 or Excel 2007 and the paste options box is not appearing, then it has been turned off. You can easily turn it back on. If that is your case, and since I don’t know which version of Excel you have in order to give you steps to do so, here is a direct link to Microsoft to turn the paste options box feature back on…this includes both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289577
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]]> By: techie12 http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up/comment-page-1#comment-6934 techie12 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000 http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up#comment-6934 Highlight the column or cell and right mouse click. Select Format cell (or column). Then choose Numbers and set decimal places to 0.<br><b>References : </b><br> Highlight the column or cell and right mouse click. Select Format cell (or column). Then choose Numbers and set decimal places to 0.
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]]> By: Colanth http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up/comment-page-1#comment-6933 Colanth Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.mathstudenthelp.info/decimals/how-do-i-format-a-cell-in-excel-so-when-i-paste-a-number-with-decimals-they-dont-show-up#comment-6933 Paste Special/Values. If you paste, you're pasting the format too. (You can't protect a cell for formatting only - either you can paste into it or you can't.)<br><b>References : </b><br> Paste Special/Values. If you paste, you’re pasting the format too. (You can’t protect a cell for formatting only - either you can paste into it or you can’t.)
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