If you use simple copy and paste methods to duplicate an Excel drop-down list, you may discover a problem; when you copy a cell that has a drop-down list and press "Ctrl-V" to paste it into a new cell ...

Microsoft Excel 2019 is a powerful management tool for many business owners. It combines the simplicity of a cell-based information system with formatting features that both highlight important data ...

It’s not easy to fool Excel, but with a few extra clicks, you can work around this odd pasting behavior. If you paste formatted values into a cell with another applied format, the pasted format wins.