Paste Special
Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current file in a format that you can specify.
Source
Displays the source of the clipboard contents.
Selection
Select a format for the clipboard contents that you want to paste. The available format depends on the copied or cut source format.
Paste Special
This dialog appears in Calc if the clipboard contains spreadsheet cells.
Presets
Choose one of the presets to quickly load commonly used settings for Paste Special.
Values Only
Pastes only cell contents including text, numbers and dates.
Values & Formats
Pastes cell contents and formats applied to cells.
Formats Only
Pastes only formats applied to cells.
Transpose All
Pastes all cell contents with their positions transposed.
Run immediately
Check this option to load the preset and immediately apply it. When unchecked, choosing a preset will only load the corresponding options in the dialog without pasting anything.
Uncheck Run immediately to load the options from the preset and change its settings in the Paste Special dialog before applying them by clicking OK.
Selection
Select a format for the clipboard contents that you want to paste.
Paste all
Pastes all cell contents, comments, formats, and objects into the current document.
Text
Inserts cells containing text.
Numbers
Inserts cells containing numbers.
Date & Time
Inserts cells containing date and time values.
Formulas
Inserts cells containing formulae.
Comments
Inserts comments that are attached to cells. If you want to add the comments to the existing cell content, select the "Add" operation.
Formats
Inserts cell format attributes.
Objects
Inserts objects contained within the selected cell range. These can be OLE objects, chart objects, or drawing objects.
Operations
Select the operation to apply when you paste cells into your sheet.
None
Does not apply an operation when you insert the cell range from the clipboard. The contents of the clipboard will replace existing cell contents.
Add
Adds the values in the clipboard cells to the values in the target cells. Also, if the clipboard only contains comments, adds the comments to the target cells.
Subtract
Subtracts the values in the clipboard cells from the values in the target cells.
Multiply
Multiplies the values in the clipboard cells with the values in the target cells.
Divide
Divides the values in the target cells by the values in the clipboard cells.
Options
Sets the paste options for the clipboard contents.
Skip empty cells
Empty cells from the clipboard do not replace target cells. If you use this option in conjunction with the "Multiply" or the "Divide" operation, the operation is not applied to the target cell of an empty cell in the clipboard.
If you select a mathematical operation and clear the Skip empty cells box, empty cells in the clipboard are treated as zeroes. For example, if you apply the Multiply operation, the target cells are filled with zeroes.
Transpose
The rows of the range in the clipboard are pasted to become columns of the output range. The columns of the range in the clipboard are pasted to become rows.
Link
Inserts the cell range as a link, so that changes made to the cells in the source file are updated in the target file. To ensure that changes made to empty cells in the source file are updated in the target file, ensure that the "Paste All" option is also selected.
You can also link sheets within the same spreadsheet. When you link to other files, a DDE link is automatically created. A DDE link is inserted as a matrix formula and can only be modified as a whole.
Shift Cells
Set the shift options for the target cells when the clipboard content is inserted.
Don't shift
Inserted cells replace the target cells.
Down
Target cells are shifted downward when you insert cells from the clipboard.
Right
Target cells are shifted to the right when you insert cells from the clipboard.