Conditional formatting rules are duplicated when you copy and then paste cells in Excel 2007

In Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you apply conditional formatting to cells. When you copy and then paste the cells, the conditional formatting rules are duplicated even though the rules already exist in the cells.

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1. Apply the following hotfix:
   
   973932 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel-x-none.msp, Xlconv-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009
2. Set the
   ReplaceCFOnPaste
   registry entry. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
   2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options
   3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
   4. Type ReplaceCFOnPaste, and then press ENTER.
   5. Right-click ReplaceCFOnPaste, and then click Modify.
   6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
   7. Exit Registry Editor.