Paste Special calculations

The Paste Special option provides a number of ways to manipulate the values ​​that need to be pasted back into the document. One of them is calculation, where it is possible to select a cell that contains a value, and then a range with values ​​for calculation that will perform one of the four elementary mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division). This can increase productivity, let’s see how it is used!

How Excel calculates?

How Excel calculates is seldom asked question, because we perceive this operation as something that is implicit. After all, how much can drive a car while never knowing how’s the engine running ? However, there is a situation where the calculation method can be very important: when the data is downloaded from external sources or when we perform complex calculations of the ones that are important to use the full power of the CPU.