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About the
author
Kelly L. Williams,
CPA, Ph.D., MBA,
is an associate
professor of
accounting at the
Jones College of
Business at Middle
Tennessee State
University.
When using Paste Special, simply double-click paste would transfer the actual data, but if you are
on the pasted Excel cells to edit. The screenshot looking to retain the content as a part of Microsoft
above shows a PowerPoint document after I Word, you must use Paste Special. Copy the content
double-clicked on the pasted Excel cells. I then from Microsoft Word that you want to transfer to
had all Excel capabilities to edit the Excel portion Excel. Place your cursor in Excel where you would
of my slide. The same applies to Word. like the Word content to be pasted, and choose
You can also paste Word data into Excel and Paste Special. Select Microsoft Word Document
retain Word capabilities. Again, a standard copy and Object and click OK. See the screenshot below.
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