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Cut, Copy, & Paste from a Macro - VBA Code Examples

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Copy (Cut) and Paste a Single Cell

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Copy Selection
Copy (Cut) and Paste a Range of Cells
Copy (Cut) and Paste an Entire Column
Copy (Cut) and Paste an Entire Row
Copy (Cut) and Paste to Another Worksheet or Workbook
Value Paste
Paste Special
Clear Clipboard

In this tutorial, you will learn several different methods to Copy & Paste and Cut & Paste using a VBA macro. Read the companion
tutorial on Value Pasting and PasteSpecial for more advanced copying and pasting options.

To use this code: Open the Visual Basic Editor (Alt + F11), Insert a new module (Insert > Module) and copy & paste the desired code
into the module.

Copy (Cut) and Paste a Single Cell

This example copies or cuts and pastes a single cell, A1 over to B1:

Sub Paste_OneCell()

'Copy and Paste Single Cell

Range("A1").Copy Range("B1")

'Cut and Paste Single Cell

Range("A1").Cut Range("B1")

End Sub

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Copy Selection
If you want to copy the active selection use this:

Sub CopySelection()

'Paste to a Defined Range

Selection.copy range("b1")

'Offset Paste (offsets 2 cells down and 1 to the right

Selection.copy

Selection.offset(2,1).paste

Application.CutCopyMode = False

End Sub

Copy (Cut) and Paste a Range of Cells

This example copies or cuts and pastes a range of cells, A1:A3 over to B1:B3 :

Sub Paste_Range()

'Copy and Paste a Range of Cells

Range("A1:A3").Copy Range("B1:B3")

'Cut and Paste a Range of Cells

Range("A1:A3").Cut Range("B1:B3")

End Sub

Copy (Cut) and Paste an Entire Column

Below we will demonstrate a couple of quick examples. Read our article on Copying and Pasting Rows and Columns for detailed
examples, explanations, and variations.

This example copies or cuts and pastes an entire column, A over to B:

Sub PasteOneColumn()

'Copy and Paste Column

Range("A:A").Copy Range("B:B")

'Cut and Paste Column

Range("A:A").Cut Range("B:B")

End Sub

Copy (Cut) and Paste an Entire Row

This example copies or cuts and pastes an entire row, 1 over to 2:

Sub Paste_OneRow()

'Copy and Paste Row

Range("1:1").Copy Range("2:2")

'Cut and Paste Row

Range("1:1").Cut Range("2:2")

End Sub

Copy (Cut) and Paste to Another Worksheet or Workbook

Sub Paste_Other_Sheet_or_Book()

'Cut or Copy and Paste to another worksheet

Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1").Copy Worksheets("sheet2").Range("B1") 'Copy

Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1").Cut Worksheets("sheet2").Range("B1") 'Cut

'Cut or Copy and Paste to another workbook

Workbooks("book1.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1").Copy _

Workbooks("book2.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").Range("B1") 'Copy

Workbooks("book1.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1").Cut _

Workbooks("book2.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").Range("B1") 'Cut

Application.CutCopyMode = False

End Sub

Value Paste
Normally, when you Copy and Paste you Paste all the properties of a cell: formatting, formulas, etc.. Value Pasting allows you to Copy
and Paste cells’ values and nothing else. The easiest way to Value Paste in VBA is to define the cell’s value directly:

Sub ValuePaste()

'Value Paste Cells

Range("B1").value = Range("A1").value
Range("B1:B3").value = Range("A1:A3").value

 'Set Values Between Worksheets

Worksheets("sheet2").range("A1").value = Worksheets("sheet1").range("A1").value

'Set Values Between Workbooks

Workbooks("book2.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").range("A1").value = _

Workbooks("book1.xlsm").Worksheets("sheet1").range("A1").value

Application.CutCopyMode = False

End Sub

Paste Special
Paste Special allows you to Copy and Paste specific properties of cells (examples: formats, values, column widths, etc.). It also allows
you to perform special paste operations (examples: skip blanks, transpose). We will look at several examples below, but for an in-depth
read our tutorial on Value Pasting and Paste Special.

Sub PasteSpecial()

'Perform one Paste Special Operation:

Range("A1").Copy

'Paste Formats

Range("B1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats

'Paste Column Widths

Range("B1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteColumnWidths

'Paste Formulas

Range("B1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas

'Perform Multiple Paste Special Operations at Once:

Range("A1").Copy

'Paste Formats and Transpose

Range("B1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:= _

False, Transpose:=True

Application.CutCopyMode = False

End Sub

Clear Clipboard

After Copying & Pasting you might want to clear the clipboard (we do in some of the code examples above).  To clear the Excel
clipboard, we set Application.CutCopyMode to False:

Application.CutCopyMode = False

This will clear Excel’s clipboard. However, it will not clear the Windows Clipboard. To clear the Window’s clipboard follow the
instructions here.