Copy and Paste in Excel Without Changing the Format.Now instead of pressing Enter press Ctrl+Enter together to use this formula in the selected cells. Here we used the formula RANDBETWEEN(5,10). To perform that select some random cells and instead of typing name you need to enter the formula, RANDBETWEEN(Bottom, Top). You can also use this technique to generate random numbers between two numbers in randomly chosen cells. Read more: How to Copy the Same Value in Multiple Cells in Excel Generating Random Numbers in Random Cells using the Ctrl+Enter shortcut You will see the name gets copied for the rest of the selected cells. Now instead of pressing Enter press Ctrl + Enter together. To do this select some cells in your worksheet and write any word or value in any of the selected cells. There is another shortcut by which you can copy a single value to multiple cells. Read more: How to Copy Rows in Excel Shortcut for Copying and Pasting a Single Value in Multiple Cells While applying this shortcut if your selected range of cells contains more than one value it will only select the 1 st value and copy it for the rest of the cells. It means you cannot copy multiple values, formulas, and formatting for an entire range of cells. Note: These shortcuts copy only one value, formula, and formatting for the rest of the cells. You can use the Ctrl + D and Ctrl + R shortcuts together for copying values for columns and rows together. Now, press on to the Ctrl + R button together to copy the values in the selected set of cells. To perform it do the same thing as before but instead of selecting cells downwards, select the cells on the right side. This shortcut can be used for copying values for an entire row. The Ctrl + R shortcut does the same thing but it copies and pastes the values on the right side. You will see that the values are being copied downwards. Then press on to the Ctrl + D button together. To perform it select a range of cells that are in the downwards position of the cell you are going to copy. The Ctrl + D shortcut is used to copy and paste the values downwards so it can also be used as a shortcut for copying values for an entire column. These shortcuts can copy and paste the values concurrently. These shortcuts are Ctrl + D and Ctrl + R.
There are two more keyboard shortcuts that most of us don’t know about. Shortcuts for Copying and Pasting Columns and Rows Simultaneously Note: Don’t press the Esc button after you copy some cells.