<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="formulas; copying" tag="kw68080_3"/><help:key-word value="copying; formulas" tag="kw68080_2"/>There are various ways to copy a formula. One suggested method is:</p>
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<p style="">Select the cell containing the formula.</p>
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<p style="">Choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Edit - Copy</span>, or press <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+ C to copy it.</p>
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<p style="">Select the cell into which you want the formula to be copied.</p>
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<p style="">Choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Edit - Paste</span>, or press <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+V. The formula will be positioned in the new cell.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">If you want to copy a formula into multiple cells, there iss a quick and easy way to copy into adjacent cell areas:</p>
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<p style="">Select the cell containing the formula.</p>
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<p style="">Position the mouse on the bottom right of the highlighted border of the cell, and continue holding down the mouse button until the pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol.</p>
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<p style="">With the mouse button pressed, drag it down or to the right over all the cells into which you want to copy the formula.</p>
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<p style="">When you release the mouse button, the formula will be copied into the cells and automatically adjusted.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">If you do not want values and texts to be automatically adjusted, then hold down the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> key when dragging. Formulas, however, are always adjusted accordingly.</p>