XL2000: Office Clipboard Displays One Item When You Copy Multiple Items (209308)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q209308

SYMPTOMS

When you copy multiple items to the Clipboard toolbar, the Office Clipboard does not display an icon for every item. Instead you seem to be missing some items that you copied.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Office Clipboard always stores cell contents as values. When you copy identical values, the Clipboard compares what is being copied to what was previously copied, and displays only one copy of the value to reduce redundancy.

MORE INFORMATION

Because the Microsoft Office Clipboard always stores cell contents as values, when a formula returns a value identical to a previously copied value, Excel does not copy a new item to the Office Clipboard.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Microsoft Office Clipboard, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type clipboard in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/5/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB209308
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