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Frustrating / Feedback: Can't paste numbers from Excel into TT Desktop. Workaround? Feedback fix?

iOne — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:39 GMT

If I paste a currency value from Excel Desktop like "$38,288.82" into TT Desktop, it won't go. Nothing happens. I have to first change the cell format to "text" and get "38288.82", then I can paste.

Is there a way to cut & paste without that extra step of formatting as plain text first?

Please do not tell me that TT won't accept the symbols: I know. See above.

The numeric fields in TurboTax will Only accept numbers,...

DoninGA — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:40 GMT

The numeric fields in TurboTax will Only accept numbers, not any type of character.

If you are trying to paste into the forms these are gene...

pk — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:41 GMT

If you are trying to paste into the forms these are generally text -- try pasting numbers into the worksheets -- that should work

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iOne — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:43 GMT

Please read the question again.

try formating the cells as numbers without the $ sign.

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:45 GMT

try formating the cells as numbers without the $ sign.

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iOne — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:21:46 GMT

That's not helpful. Please read the question again.

Re: Frustrating / Feedback: Can't paste numbers from Excel into TT Desktop. Workaround? Feedback fix?

krhertzer — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:05:14 GMT

This frustrates me every time as well.

Intuit, please fix this obvious bug in your software.

When pasting a cell from excel with currency symbols in it, you should just ignore them!