How to disable Excel's automatic cell reference change after copy/paste?

Question

I\'ve got a massive Excel 2003 spreadsheet I\'m working on. There are a lot of very large formulas with a lot of cell references. Here\'s a simple example.

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Answer 1

This simple trick works: Copy and Paste. Do NOT cut and paste. After you paste, then reselect the part you copied and go to EDIT, slide down to CLEAR, and CLEAR CONTENTS.