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INSERT CELLS option missing

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Neily

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I had a spreadsheet which uses formulas to format the data correctly on another sheet from one sheet.

The data that is required to be formated and calculated upon, is taken from a program that produces a report that outputs to an excel file.

The relevant cells are then copied to my spreadsheet by selecting the range of cells required and then going to my spreadsheet, right-clicking and selecting 'Insert Cells'

This however, doesn't work when I open this up on another machine. The option is there to paste into a new workbook, but not in the one that I require. It works fine on another machine, just not this one.

Is there a reason why this option is missing?

THANKS
 
Is this a manual process, or have you automated it in some way?

'Cos you can Insert Cells from the Insert menu as well, not just from the context menu.

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Dave

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Are the workbooks in the same Excel session? Or are switching between different instances of Excel?

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or is the workbook either read only or protected....?

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I shall check these and post back my findings!

THANKS
 
None of your suggestions were actually true.

THANKS
 
check in excel on both machines under tools-options edit tab

you may find paste options are differnt.



if it is to be it's up to me
 
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