Range.PasteSpecial method (Excel)

Pastes a Range object that has been copied into the specified range.

Syntax

expression.PasteSpecial (Paste, Operation, SkipBlanks, Transpose)

expression A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Paste	Optional	XlPasteType	The part of the range to be pasted, such as xlPasteAll or xlPasteValues.
Operation	Optional	XlPasteSpecialOperation	The paste operation, such as xlPasteSpecialOperationAdd.
SkipBlanks	Optional	Variant	True to have blank cells in the range on the clipboard not be pasted into the destination range. The default value is False.
Transpose	Optional	Variant	True to transpose rows and columns when the range is pasted. The default value is False.

Return value

Variant

Example

This example replaces the data in cells D1:D5 on Sheet1 with the sum of the existing contents and cells C1:C5 on Sheet1.

With Worksheets("Sheet1") 
 .Range("C1:C5").Copy 
 .Range("D1:D5").PasteSpecial _ 
  Operation:=xlPasteSpecialOperationAdd 
End With

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