What is paste formulas in Google Sheets?
Paste Formulas is part of copy, paste, fill, or find/replace workflows in Google Sheets. Paste special and the fill handle are the fastest ways to move formulas, values, or formats without retyping.
When to use it
Use paste and fill tools when you are duplicating patterns, fixing bulk typos, or jumping to a named range fast.
When to skip it
Skip manual paste chains when ARRAYFORMULA, QUERY, or a single fill-down formula can populate the range.
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Autofill
Autofill copies a cell or selection downward or sideways using the small blue square fill handle. Sheets detects simple series like 1,2,3 or Mon,Tue,Wed and continues the pattern. Formulas copy with relative references adjusting per row unless you locked absolute refs. Autofill is the fastest way to propagate a working formula across hundreds of rows when ARRAYFORMULA is not needed.
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Paste Special is part of copy, paste, fill, or find/replace workflows in Google Sheets. Paste special and the fill handle are the fastest ways to move formulas, values, or formats without retyping.
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