vba - Paste vs PasteSpecial

Question

After two hours of futile search and frustration. I am posting the question here.

Can anyone please explain the detailed difference between paste and pastespecial option in excel vba?

Or cite some resources which can help

Answer 1

That's simple :

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Paste will paste exactly what's in the origin range (to make it simple: values or formulas)

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PasteSpecial let you define what you want to paste (value, formula, style, etc..).

With:

expression .PasteSpecial(Paste, Operation, SkipBlanks, Transpose)

The first argument Paste is of XlPasteType Enumeration type that determines what you can choose

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Some further read:

MSDN Range.PasteSpecial Method

The PasteSpecial VBA Command: Get VBA to Do the Hard Work for You