Pasting text into merged cell

I regularly complete forms created by others which have merged cells.
Often, I'd like to get data to put into a cell from another
application via copy-paste.

I get the error:

Data on the Clipboard is not the same size and shape as the selected
area. Do you want to paste the data anyway?

responding with OK gives:

Cannot change part of a merged cell.

How can I paste text into merged cells?

TIA, George

You have run afoul of the "merged cells" denizen. The merge cells feature
of Excel comes with a lot of baggage, all of it bad. Your problem is just
one example of it.
The best thing to do is to go back to whoever has the authority to
create/change these forms, and have them rework the forms to eliminate the
merged cells.
In the meantime, you have to type-in your entries instead of copy/paste.
HTH Otto
"GeorgeB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I regularly complete forms created by others which have merged cells.
> Often, I'd like to get data to put into a cell from another
> application via copy-paste.
>
> I get the error:
>
> Data on the Clipboard is not the same size and shape as the selected
> area. Do you want to paste the data anyway?
>
> responding with OK gives:
>
> Cannot change part of a merged cell.
>
> How can I paste text into merged cells?
>
> TIA, George
>