Want to copy all values of coloured cells in different sheets. Attaching the image for reference where I want to extract all values which have coloured cells Excel sheetsample
If you need this operation to be performed only once, you do not need to use vba. It would be easier to put filter on the top row (ctrl+shift+L), click the dropdown on the column and use filter by colour. Then you can easily mark all and copy/paste.
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I'm trying to randomly highlight (change the cell colour) of four cells in the first Excel column. It is important the selections highlighted are only cells containing data as the size of the data set will vary.
The highlighted selections needs to be un-highlighted when the macro is run again to generate four new selections.
I have tried to brute force this with functions (RAND-RANK-XLOOKUP), but the outcome is messy and doesn't react to different sizes of data.
Highlighting the cells in a color is the goal, conditional formatting could be suitable.
Four random cells from the first column of the Excel sheet is the target (cells only containing data).
Using Conditional Formatting
Let's say you have data in column A. For example 16 rows like this:
You could use the COUNT() function to calculate the number of cells with content in column A in cell D1 :
=COUNT(A:A)
And then you could calculate the position of the cells you want to highlight with
=RANDBETWEEN(1,$D$1)
Then you can create a helper column to check if a cell should be highlighted.
Formula in G2 : =IFERROR(MATCH(CELL("row",A2)-1,$D$2:$D$5,0)>0,FALSE)
The idea behind this function is simply to check if the row of the data point corresponds with one of the random positions we have.
Finally, you would use a formula to define your conditional formatting by applying it to Column A and using =$G2 as the formula.
Note that:
The highlighing will reset everytime you change a cell provided that you have "Automatic calculations" turned ON.
There is a possibility that 2 or more of the random positions are the same, so you'll need to recalculate if that's an issue.
I have an Excel spreadsheet in the usual fashion. That is to say, rows and columns. So if there are seven rows, each column has seven values. I want to take one of these columns and make it extend down across the whole spreadsheet. TRANSFORMATION (LOGIC) used to have seven values, now it has one. How do I do this? EDIT: By "down across", I mean the column should have just one cell.
In order to achieve the merging of your cells, select the desired cell range on your sheet and then you will click the "Merge" button found on the Home tab in Excel.
Note that if the content is already in the cells it will take the value from the first cell which has content in it already, so best to copy your values and such out first if you would like to preserve them.
I am trying to drag the bottom right corner downwards to copy some data and it always increments my numbers that I want to copy. If I select copy cells in the auto fill options then it copies the numbers properly but also copies the formatting, but if I select fill without formatting it increments the numbers. I want both. My first cell has a strong border above it that I don't want every cell to have. However my data is in semi small increments of the same problem so copying the first cell once then dragging would be way to inefficient. Thanks for the help.
Original data example
Using copy cells, right numbers wrong formatting
Use the following formula in the any one of the columns you are not using and drag it down to the end of data. Then copy the result to your column E as values. If your helper column is N then:
=IF(E3<>"",E3,N2)
What I usually do in these situations is separate the values from the formatting.
make a copy of the column you want to edit (either adjacent to it,
or outside the table you're editing).
On the new column - use copy cells in the autofill menu, or
otherwise complete the values according to your needs.
paste the new column back on the original column As values.
Delete the new column
I have a large number of columns in an Excel sheet that I want to convert into one long column in such a way that each sits on top of another. I don't want to concatenate values or merge columns. I can simply copy and paste but I have a huge number of columns.
Can anyone suggest any Excel trick for doing that?
Copy and paste into Word as Unformatted Text. Select all, Convert Text to Table (one column), copy and paste back into Excel.
The easiest way to convert a Row of Values into a Column of Values is through the TRANSPOSE feature.
Highlight the range of cells
Copy
Select the Destination Cell
Right Click --> Paste Special
Select the Transpose checkbox
Does this solve your problem?
This is a excel question:
I have a excel sheet which is heavily formatted, that is, the column widths have been changed and the cells have color formatting. I have filtered this sheet on certain fields. Now, I want to copy this filtered data to another excel sheet with all the formatting.
So for the only way possible seems like to copy the formatting first using paint formatter one by one for each column but that is very tedious. Is there a simple way to do this?
Copy what you want, then paste special three times into your target range: values, columns widths, formats.
Edit: Changed order, putting widths before formats. Otherwise wrapped cells will incorrectly change row height.
To copy the cell values and the formatting use the Camera Tool. This is available on the Command Tab of the customise menu. This Camera Tool copies the cells as a graphic and is dynamic.