I found myself needing to copy charts in Excel and quickly paste them as images. I was doing this WITHIN Excel, but this tip also applies to pasting between MS Office’s other applications (Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
Most Excel users know the menu commands, copy & Paste Special, select icon.
If you do lots of screen captures, you may want to invest in a special application that does the job in more sophisticated ways—such as saving the image to various formats or copying only parts of it. One popular program is SnagIt. For more information go to www.snagit.com .
How do you copy a picture?
Select what you want to copy. Tap Copy. Touch & hold where you want to paste. Tap Paste.
What is the shortcut to take a picture in Excel?
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the little arrow next to Copy, and then click Copy as Picture… On another sheet or in a different Excel document, click where you want to put the picture and press Ctrl + V.
How do I copy text from a picture in Excel?
Take a screenshot of the table, then click Data > Data From Picture > Picture From Clipboard. Make sure your screenshot only includes the data you want to import.
How do I copy and paste a picture into Excel?
On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and select Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select between Paste as Picture or Paste Picture as Link depending on how you want to paste the picture, and then under As select Picture (Enhanced Metafile), and click OK.