Originally Posted By: Roger
The secret: don't double-click the XLS file to open it. Open a fresh instance of Excel, and then open it in that.
Yes, I've been doing that for some time now. However, there is a caveat to be wary of.

If you cut and paste between spreadsheets that are opened in different instances of Excel, only the data values are pasted, formulas and comments are not copied over. If both spreadsheets are opened in the same instance of excel, then all information is pasted.

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