drag and drop

[sramsey]

If I drag data to another cell, it takes away the formatting in the old cell.
For example, say I have a cell formatted to show negative numbers in
parenthesis (eg: -4 = (4.00)) and I drag that to another cell, if I enter new
data in the original cell I dragged from, the formatting is gone. Is there a
way to avoid this without creating a macro?

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

If I understand what you mean by "drag and drop" correctly, you can hold
down the Ctrl key while dragging the cell to its new location (actually,
just before you "drop" it will do) and that will copy the cell contents plus
its formatting there while leaving the original data and formatting behind.

Rick

 

[sramsey]

When I balance my gl accounts, I pull the data in column B one cell to the
right to column C to show that they balance. That clears the data from the
cell I dragged from. If I enter data back into column B after I've moved the
original data, the formatting that used to be there has gone back to default
number formatting. To drag and drop, I just click on the selected cells'
border and move them over.

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

Okay, that is what I thought you meant by "drag and drop". So did you try
using the Ctrl button when you let go of the mouse button at the end of your
dragging? This will copy the data, along with its formatting, to the new
location and leave the old data and formatting in the original location as
well. You can then highlight the original cells and press Delete to remove
the data but leave the formatting behind there as well.

Rick

 

[sramsey]

Thank you! Is that the only way? Can you avoid using the control key and
deleting?

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

I don't have experience enough to say for sure, but if you want to drag and
drop, then I believe so.

Rick