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?
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Example:
Data:
Excel by default if I merge columns by row
Desired outcome
Above is an example, the amount of data I am working with involves a lot of columns, so it is not practical to merge and sum individually.
Am looking for a way to essentially combine 2 columns into one, and SUM those values up individually for each row.
I would do a helper column with the sum, then copy pastespecial values in that helper column. Delete the original columns leaving the result.
You can utilize copy and paste special method.
Select B1:B3 and copy. For your real case select desired cells.
Select A1:A3 and right click.
Then select paste special and tick Add option.
Hit OK
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 have a table filled with hundreds of values in different cells (not coming in order, chaotic). Now I want to add 20% to each value (=x*1.2).
what formula should I use?
A quick way to get the desired result is to add a new table or worksheet and copy the update formula in each cell (e.g =A1*1.2). You could then overwrite the old values by pasting the new values. Pasting values overwrites any old formula.
If you want to manipulate the formula of every cell, you should look into a vba solution.
This is my solution:
1. Write a 1.2 in an empty cell out of table.
2. Copy this cell (1.2).
3. Select the table with values. Right-click of the mouse, select Paste Special -> Paste Special..-> Multiply. Voila!
Result: all selected values in the table were multiplied by 20%
Thanks a lot to my colleague Lina!
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
Is there any way to mark/block certain column/row by using the formula in Microsoft Excel?
e.g. i wanna copy only the odd rows and it takes me a long time to copy/paste it one by one.
Add a column to your sheet with below formula:
= MOD(Row(); 2)
Now You can Filter that row to 1 for odd rows and then copy your data.
An alternative that avoids a delimiter that might not suit your locale is:
=ISODD(ROW())
in a spare column copied down to suit. Then filter that column to select TRUE and copy what's visible.