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Cell colors change when copy&paste in Excel 2010
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We have a 3rd party tool that creates an Excel file (xls, 97/2003 format) and formats some cells in different colours. When I copy a range of cells into a newly created file (xlsx, 2007/2010 format) the colours of those formatted cells change completely - light yellow becomes depp purple etc. The s…
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Fix for: Cell colors change when copy&paste in Excel 2010
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Right click - Paste Special - All using source theme This should keep the source theme intact. If that does not work, can you post an example of the source document?
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