It’s not easy to fool Excel, but with a few extra clicks, you can work around this odd pasting behavior. If you paste formatted values into a cell with another applied format, the pasted format wins.
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Copying text from an Excel column
Microsoft Excel provides several ways to copy text from a column without transferring unwanted formatting or formulas. Using Paste Special with the Values option allows users to retain the displayed ...
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