Want to paste ASCII, not "formatted"

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KHashmi316

If I paste text *directly* into a cell, Excel formats the text to look
like the original. If I paste the text into the formula bar, the text
in the cell is ASCII. Is there a way to paste *directly* into the cell,
but not have Excel "auto-format"?

Thanks for any help you can provide.
 
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KHashmi316

Arvi said:
PasteSpecial>Values
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Hi, Avi:

Can this be set *globally* somehow (i.e. for all Excel projects)? I
didn't see an option in Tools>Options>Edit.
 
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Arvi Laanemets

Hi

Instead of workbooks module, save the code in Personal Macro Workbook
(Personal.xls) module.

When you don't have Personal.xls jet, then easier way to create it at right
place is to record a macro to it (Tools>Macro>Record New Macro, select
'Store macro in' = 'Personal Macro Workbook' and press OK. Stop recordig.)
Now press Alt+F11, in VBA Project window activate the module of
Personal.xls, delete the lately created dummy macro, and copy the UDF code
into this module. From now on, this UDF is avaiable for all workbooks opened
in this computer.
 
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David McRitchie

Hi KHashmi316, (a real name is preferred in Excel newsgroups)
I don't see how the first answer Paste Special was not considered
globally available. Anyway a macro was provided with suggestions
of where to put it. But I think there is a better more general purpose answer
that you could use across all Windows applications (on a PC anyway).

You can install Pure Text then you will have a button on your
system task bar. Copy text from anywhere, use the PureText (PT)
button and the data in the clipboard is text retaining LF (line feed).

PureText,2.0, Steve P.Miller, paste copied text as simple text into
another application without getting all the formatting from the original source
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/
download: PureText 2.0 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 [13k]

Since you are posting to newsgroups, you should learn to use newsgroups
as newsgroups rather than using a web site that messes up web page
searching. I would certainly discourage the use of posting to newsgroups
via Forums. http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm#forums
 
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