Microsoft Excel updates cell references when you copy an expression. Here are a couple of workarounds for those rare occasions when you don't want to change the cell references.

To copy only visible cells in Excel or Google Sheets, use the 'Visible cells only' feature, or apply filters to hide data. We show you how!

How to Copy a Date Pattern in Excel. When you apply cell formatting in Microsoft Excel, you quickly standardize how dates and other kinds of data appear in individual cells, workbooks and ...

Method for Excel 2010 For Excel 2010, right-click on the cell that contains the conditional formatting to move to other cells. Click Copy from the pop-up menu.