How to use drag and drop in Excel

Drag and drop is an elegant alternative to using copy and paste.

It can save you a few steps, but it requires a little more dexterity.

Let’s take a look.

Then, just drag the selection to a new location.

When you release the mouse, the contents of the cells are moved to the new location.

To copy information with drag and drop, the approach is very similar.

opt for cells you’d like to copy and hover over the edge of the selection.

When you release the mouse, the contents of the cells are copied to the new location.

you’re free to also use drag and drop with entire columns and rows.