Now, whenever you want to paste values, all you need to do is press Ctrl+G, the macro is run, and the values in the Clipboard are pasted to the selected cell.

Click on Cancel to close the Macro dialog box.

Click on OK to close the Macro Options dialog box.

For instance, if you want Ctrl+G to execute the macro, then enter a G in the Shortcut Key area.

In the Shortcut Key area, indicate the key you want used with the Ctrl key as your shortcut.

Excel displays the Macro Options dialog box.

From the list of available macros, select the PasteVal macro you just created.

Press Alt+F8 to display the Macro dialog box.

For instance, create the following simple macro: If you want a shorter keyboard shortcut, the best way to do it is to create a macro that does the pasting for you, and then make sure that you assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro. (Or you can use Alt, H, V, V, in newer versions of Excel for the same results.) This sequence selects the menus and dialog box options necessary to paste values. If you don't want to use the mouse to paste values, then you can use the tried-and-true keyboard sequence to paste values: Alt, H, V, S, V, Enter. Now, whenever you want to paste just the values, you can click on the new tool.

The command is copied to the right side of the screen. In the list of commands, choose Paste Values.Use the Choose Commands From drop-down list to choose All Commands.The Quick Access Toolbar area of the Excel Options dialog box. At the left side of the dialog box click Customize (Excel 2007) or Quick Access Toolbar (Excel 2010 and later versions).In Excel 2010 and later versions, display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Excel 2007 click the Office button and then click Excel Options.

All you need to do is follow these steps: One way is to just add a tool to the Quick Access Toolbar that pastes values for you. Since pasting only values in this manner is used so often, you might think that Microsoft would provide a shortcut key to just paste values. On the Paste Special dialog box, the Values selection is undoubtedly the one used the most. One of the most often-used commands in Excel is the Paste Special option from the Edit menu, where you can figure out exactly how you want information pasted into a worksheet.

Keyboard shortcut for paste values