# Copy the results of functions in cells, not the functions themselves

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**Category:** Calc\
**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-the-results-of-functions-in-cells-not-the-functions-themselves/1813 "2023-05-12T01:46:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Tex](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/Tex)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-the-results-of-functions-in-cells-not-the-functions-themselves/1813/4 "2023-05-18T08:01:51Z")

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Thanks for posting the current workaround @OptiBiz1.

And how do you accomplish the same thing in LibreOffice?

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You may also be interested in following this feature request:

- [Calc: Cannot paste value of cell to other applications, only formula · Issue #4206 · CollaboraOnline/online · GitHub](https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/4206)

(I mentioned this thread + posted a link back here just now.)

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**Side Note:** You may also be interested in this talk:

- [LibreOffice Conference 2019: “Online Copy/Paste” by Michael Meeks](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zLhQTRP4X6k)

where Michael describes all the horrors of copying/pasting:

- in-and-out of browsers
- + on different OSes
- + between programs

… boy, oh boy, is it ugly. 😛

I also wrote about it a little here 1 year ago too:

- [/r/LibreOffice: “Formatting Issues (Retain Italics, but strip other formatting?!)”](https://reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/tiphkj/formatting_issues_retain_italics_but_strip_other/i1imoyr/)

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