Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 2, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
It is not uncommon to need to adjust values imported from a different program, once they are in Excel. For instance, you may need to divide all the imported values by 100, or by 1000, or by some other number.
There is an easy way to perform such an operation in Excel. Simply follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Paste Special dialog box.
That's it! All the values in your data range have been divided by the appropriate amount.
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