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bcselect
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Feb 19, 2023
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problem copying and pasting

I have a workbook with several worksheets.  On one sheet there are 2 columns of text (Lname & Fname).

All of the cells are conditionally formatted with either of 3 colors.

There is code in a macro that copies and pastes those columns to another sheet.

Problem is that the colors change when pasted.  It's like the 2nd sheet contains formatting that cannot be overwritten.  They need to copy and paste as original.

I tried clearing formats prior to copying but no better.

Called Microsoft support but they found no problem with Excel and suggested this site for support.

 

  • bcselect 

    OK, I see what's happening.

    The cells in columns A and B on the Members1 sheet have font colors applied manually, but those are overruled by the conditional formatting rules.

    For example, the text ANGELLE GARY in A4 and B4 is formatted manually as red, but since M4 contains Senior, the conditional formatting rule overrules that and colors the text blue.

    When the code copies columns A and B to columns B and C on the Score Input-Flights sheet, both the manual formatting and the conditional formatting are copied.

    But none of he conditional formatting rules is applied, since the rules now refer to column M on the Score Input-Flights sheet, and that column is empty.

    So the cells display the manually applied colors. On the second sheet, ANGELLE GARY is red, not blue.

    To keep the conditional formatting rules working, you have to copy column M too:

    Sub Test()
        Application.ScreenUpdating = False
        Sheets("Members1").Range("A1:B200").Copy
        With Sheets("Score Input-Flights").Range("B1:C200")
            .PasteSpecial Paste:=xlFormats
            .PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues
        End With
        Sheets("Members1").Range("M1:M200").Copy
        With Sheets("Score Input-Flights").Range("M1:M200")
            .PasteSpecial Paste:=xlFormats
            .PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues
        End With
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
        Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    End Sub

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  • bcselect 

    Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar?

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      bcselect
      Copper Contributor
      Thanks for responding. I surely hope you can come up with an answer.
      How do I attach the file?
      • bcselect 

        If you see an area below the box where you compose a reply that says "Drag and drop here or browse files to attach", drag the workbook there.

        If you don't see it, you should be able to attach it to a private message to me (click on my user picture).

        Or you can upload it to a cloud service such as Google Drive or OneDrive, then obtain a share link to the uploaded file and post that link in a reply here.

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