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    copy and paste problems

    Hi,

    I was very happy copying and pasting my bank statements onto a 2003 Excel spreadsheet - so I can keep good records for business. I used to highlight a section of my bank statement, say 6 rows x 5 columns, copy it, then paste into 2003 Excel - no problem. The data would appear in the right cells - 6 rows x 5 columns.

    Now I’ve started to use 2007 Excel. When I try to paste the same data into a 2007 spreadsheet it populates just the first column. I get all my data in column A. I've tried Paste Special - no joy. I don't know what to do or if anyone else has this problem? It's making my work really hard and very time consuming.

    I've tried to copy by using [ctrl][c][c] to using to office clipboard - but no joy.
    I've tried to use the Data tab in Excel, then Text To Colunms, then i've played around with the options - still no joy!

    Any help would be a life saver!

    Thanks a lot

    Paul

    p.s. here is as sample of how the data i'm trying to copy and paste:

    02 Jun VIS CO-OP GROUP 109224
    PRINCESS PARK
    16.02 230.86
    01 Jun BP BRIAN BURTON
    KATHERINEWATERBILL
    280.00 246.88
    01 Jun VIS SWIFTCOVER.COM
    08712714011
    87.96 526.88
    30 May ATM CASH CO-OP MAY30
    COOP LAWTON @09:56
    300.00 614.84

    This data should be 6 colunms x 4 rows.

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    Re: copy and paste problems

    Please read the Forum Rules,I have edited your Thread Title to remove unnecessary wording - see Rule #1. This is an excel vforum so there is no need to put Microsoft excel in the title
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    Re: copy and paste problems

    I've seen this before, too. Interestingly, Excel seems to use the settings from the LAST time you used the Text To Columns feature when you paste data in from the clipboard. I find that very odd, but at least it's manageable.

    So, paste anything into a cell in column A. Then select it, then use:
    Data > Text To Columns > Delimited > Tab > Finish

    Now, try pasting in your data from the other source, perhaps better results?
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