Use Copy and Paste Special to Transfer Tutorial Data to an Excel 2007 Worksheet.
Note: - This article gives instructions for copying the sample data shown below into an Excel worksheet. The data accompanies the Step by Step Excel 2007 Pivot Table Tutorial.
- Drag select the data in the table below to highlight it. Be sure to select from the title "Cookie Sales by Region" to the number "$69,496" at the bottom of the table.
- Choose Edit > Copy from the menu in your web browser.
- Open Excel 2007.
- Click on cell A1 in the worksheet to make it the active cell.
- Click on the Home tab.
- Click on the down arrow below the Paste button on the ribbon to open the drop down menu.
- Choose Paste Special from the menu to open the Paste Special dialog box.
- Choose Paste as Text from the options in the dialog box.
Each piece of data should be pasted into a separate cell in the worksheet. The data should fill the range A1 to D12.
Data for Step by Step Excel 2007 Pivot Table Tutorial
| Cookie Sales by Region | |||
| SalesRep | Region | # Orders | Total Sales |
| Bill | West | 217 | $41,107 |
| Frank | West | 268 | $72,707 |
| Harry | North | 224 | $41,676 |
| Janet | North | 286 | $87,858 |
| Joe | South | 226 | $45,606 |
| Martha | East | 228 | $49,017 |
| Mary | West | 234 | $57,967 |
| Ralph | East | 267 | $70,702 |
| Sam | East | 279 | $77,738 |
| Tom | South | 261 | $69,496 |


