On Monday 05 September 2005 03:54 pm, Dave Barton wrote:
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>
> > Dave Barton wrote:
> > > I have just read a response to a moderated question about drag
> > > and drop in Calc, namely highlight the cell(s) then d&d. This is
> > > effectively cut & paste. Is there a drag & drop equivalent to
> > > copy & paste?
> > >
> > > Dave
>
> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 13:47 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote:
> > Select the cell(s) you want to copy.
> > At the bottom right of the selection, there appears a small, black
> > square. Drag and drop this square to the bottom right of the area
> > you want to fill. Normally, the cell(s) to be filled will have
> > outline highlighting which makes it easy to see what you're doing.
> >
> > Doug
>
> Thanks for taking the time to answer Doug, but I am not looking for
> fill across or down.
> For example if cell A1 = 123 how does a user copy A1 to K30 using
> drag & drop?
>
> Dave
Would it be easier to enter K30 in the upper left corner of the
speadsheet? This highlights cell K30. Enter 123, and you have it. If
you drag & drop, you could make a mistake in where you drop the data.
But by specifying the cell, such mistakes are much less likely to
happen.
Dan
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