/text/shared/01/02070000.xhp Paste Special Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current file in a format that you can specify.

Source Displays the source of the clipboard contents. Selection Select a format for the clipboard contents that you want to paste. When you paste HTML data into a text document, you can choose "HTML format" or "HTML format without comments". The second choice is the default; it pastes all HTML data, but no comments. Paste Special This dialog appears in Calc if the clipboard contains spreadsheet cells. Selection Select a format for the clipboard contents that you want to paste. Paste all Pastes all cell contents, comments, formats, and objects into the current document. Text i50436 Inserts cells containing text. Numbers Inserts cells containing numbers. Date & Time Inserts cells containing date and time values. Formulas Inserts cells containing formulae. Comments Inserts comments that are attached to cells. If you want to add the comments to the existing cell content, select the "Add" operation. Formats Inserts cell format attributes. Objects Inserts objects contained within the selected cell range. These can be OLE objects, chart objects, or drawing objects. Operations Select the operation to apply when you paste cells into your sheet. None Does not apply an operation when you insert the cell range from the clipboard. The contents of the clipboard will replace existing cell contents. Add Adds the values in the clipboard cells to the values in the target cells. Also, if the clipboard only contains comments, adds the comments to the target cells. Subtract Subtracts the values in the clipboard cells from the values in the target cells. Multiply Multiplies the values in the clipboard cells with the values in the target cells. Divide Divides the values in the target cells by the values in the clipboard cells. UFI: fixes #i14796# Options Sets the paste options for the clipboard contents. Skip empty cells Empty cells from the clipboard do not replace target cells. If you use this option in conjunction with the Multiply or the Divide operation, the operation is not applied to the target cell of an empty cell in the clipboard. If you select a mathematical operation and clear the Skip empty cells box, empty cells in the clipboard are treated as zeroes. For example, if you apply the Multiply operation, the target cells are filled with zeroes. Transpose The rows of the range in the clipboard are pasted to become columns of the output range. The columns of the range in the clipboard are pasted to become rows. i59261 Link Inserts the cell range as a link, so that changes made to the cells in the source file are updated in the target file. To ensure that changes made to empty cells in the source file are updated in the target file, ensure that the Insert All option is also selected. You can also link sheets within the same spreadsheet. When you link to other files, a DDE link is automatically created. A DDE link is inserted as a matrix formula and can only be modified as a whole. Shift Cells Set the shift options for the target cells when the clipboard content is inserted. Don't shift Inserted cells replace the target cells. Down Target cells are shifted downward when you insert cells from the clipboard. Right Target cells are shifted to the right when you insert cells from the clipboard.