Copying, Cutting, and Pasting
When you copy an item, Excel 2010 saves it in memory, using a temporary storage area called the Clipboard. You capture the contents as well as the formatting and any attached comments or objects.
Note
For more information about comments, see Auditing and Documenting Worksheets on page 261. For more information about objects, see Chapter 10.
When you copy or cut cells, a marquee appears around the cell. (We used to refer to this scrolling dotted line as marching ants.) This marquee indicates the area copied or cut. After you paste, the marquee disappears when you’re cutting, but it persists when you’re copying so that you can keep pasting.
The Cut and Copy buttons on the Home tab are useful, but you should know the keyboard ...
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