Explain the difference between paste and paste specia​

The main difference between paste and paste special is that the paste command allows the user to insert the selected data from the clipboard into an application while the paste special command follows the same functionality similar to paste, but provides additional options to select how the inserted data should appear on the application.

Explanation:

Paste is pasting something (a line of copy) somewhere else in your Word document or page layout program. Paste Special means to paste and pick up the attributes of the copy that you are pasting text into that came from another source.

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