How to Fix If Copy Paste from Excel to Google Sheets Not Working

 

Here is a dataset that we will copy from Excel to Google Sheets.

copy paste from excel to google sheets not working


Method 1 – Enable Google Drive Offline to Copy Paste into Google Sheets

Steps:

  • Go to Google Drive’s Settings feature. The Settings icon is at the top right corner of the webpage.
  • Click on Settings.

Enabling Google Drive Offline to Copy Paste into Google Sheets

  • Check the Offline and click on Done.


Method 2 – Copy and Paste as Transpose Range in Google Sheet

Steps:

  • Copy and paste the range from Excel to Google Sheets using the Copy & Paste commands (CTRL+C and CTRL+V).
  • Copy the range from the Google Sheet by selecting the range and pressing CTRL+C.

Copy Items from Excel and Paste as Transpose Range in Google Sheet

  • Right-click on any other cell of the Google Sheet and select Paste Special >> Transposed.

  • You can see that the range of cells from the Excel sheet turns to its transpose form in the Google Sheet.


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Md. Meraz Al Nahian has worked with the ExcelDemy project for over 1.5 years. He wrote 140+ articles for ExcelDemy. He also solved a lot of user problems and worked on dashboards. He is interested in data analysis, advanced Excel, statistics, and dashboards. He also likes to explore various Excel and VBA applications. He completed his graduation in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET). He enjoys exploring Excel-related features to gain efficiency... Read Full Bio

2 Comments
  1. Settings options on Google Drive don’t match your blog.

    • Dear A,

      Are you using mobile version of Google drive?
      The Settings option in the latest web version of Google drive is as it is in this post. It will be better if you can send a screenshot to our forum (here is our forum link: https://exceldemy.com/forum/). So we can understand what problem you are facing.

      Regards.
      Al Ikram Amit
      Team ExcelDemy

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