You finished your calculations and now you are about to present your results? Well built Excel models usually separate the calculations from the results. Therefore “Paste Links” might be helpful for you, especially when your colleagues should not mess your data source.
How to paste links instead of values
Pasting links to the source cells instead of values or formulas is quite easy and Excel offers this option within the paste special window. The following number are corresponding to the picture above:
Instead of working with the original data, you could just link to it by copying it with “Ctrl + c”.
Select the cell which you want to paste the copied cells as a link.
Instead of pasting it now with “Ctrl + v”, paste it using “Ctrl + Alt + v” (Paste Special).
Click on “Paste Link”
In case of large Excel models, it’s recommended doing this with a new Excel worksheet, so that your results are really separated from the calculations. As your data is linked to your original source, you can edit the original source as usual and the linked table refreshes automatically. Instead of sending your original data to others, you now only send the new sheet.
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Comments 1
Sorujsiri
I have a problem to “paste link” in excel (office 2019). The same file can use paste link in office 2013.