Custom column changes places when copy between sheets

Just wanted to point out that when I did a <Copy to Another Sheet> I discovered that a custom column placed in the first sheet did get copied but it was placed at the end of all pre-defined columns in the second sheet.

A bit confusing since that place was out of view in the Gannt-view...

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Mike L.

Was there a custom column also defined in the sheet you were copying too? I find that when I copy rows of data from sheet A to sheet B that the column positions don't have to be in sync it just puts the value in the matching column.

Mattias

No, the target sheet was fresh and undisturbed

Just wanted to point out that the paste operation did occur, it just ended up in a different position, it did not get inserted

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