How to Copy From the Internet and Paste Into Excel. Microsoft Excel accepts data input from your keyboard, through file import and by pasting the contents of your computer clipboard into a worksheet.

Launch Microsoft Excel and open the file in which you want to insert VBA code to control cut and paste operations. Click "File" on the Excel ribbon, then "Options" at the bottom of the menu.

Now, switch to the new Excel file in which you would like to retain the column width of the source file. Go to the File tab located on the Ribbon menu. Under it, click the Paste drop-down arrow.