Transposing a table by selecting it, copying and pasting it transposed. The Transpose option in the Paste dropdown. Click on Transpose (the clipboard with arrows to the right and down) in the dropdown that opens.Click on the arrow below the Paste button on the Home tab of the Ribbon.Select a cell with a large empty space to its right and down (the transposed table has to fit here).Make sure you don’t cut instead of copy, that won’t work. Copy them using Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘Command + C (Mac) or alternatively by clicking on Copy on the Home tab of the Ribbon.Select the cells that you want to transpose.
To transpose a table or cell range in Excel: Or if you want to use VLOOKUP instead of HLOOKUP. So when do you use transposing? It can be useful when your table is very wide and you want it to be long instead for easier scrolling. You’ll understand when you see the video in a second. A row becomes a column and a column becomes a row. If you’re unsure of what transposing means, it is basically switching rows and columns around. Using the formula =A1&” “&B1 to combine the contents of cell A1 and B1.Īs you might expect, you can change A1 and B1 for any other cells and it will still work. Use the formula: =A1&" "&B1 to combine cells A1 and B1 with a space in between. Without knowing too much about functions and formulas, you can still easily combine the contents of two cells. Then, as before, right click and select Insert. So if you want to insert three rows, select the three rows below the position where you want to insert the new rows. Now, for inserting multiple rows and columns at once.Īll you have to do is select more rows before right clicking and Inserting. For columns, it will create a new column to the left of the column you right clicked.Īll other cells will be moved down (when inserting a row) or to the right (when inserting a column). You click on this image to zoom in.įor rows, this will create a row above the row you right clicked on.
If you didn’t know, you can insert rows and columns by right clicking on the row or column header (the 1,2,3 or A,B,C part) and selecting Insert. Inserting multiple rows & columns at once So you can use this same trick to fix columns as well. However, if you would select cell B1 before clicking Freeze Panes, you will freeze the complete A column. In the video above, there are no cells to the left of the selection. All cells that are above or to the left of the cell that is selected when you click Freeze Panes will be fixed. Important note about Freeze Panes: this isn’t the whole story of Freeze Panes. Click on Freeze Panes in the dropdown that shows.įreezing the headers of the table/cell range.Go to the View tab on the Ribbon and click on Freeze Panes.This may seem counter-intuitive, but select the cell(s) positioned one cell below the row you want to fix.By fixing the headers of the table, you’ll be able to scroll through the table while still seeing what every column represents. This one is most useful when you’re working with large tables. In the menu that appears, you can choose any configuration of the defaults (average, count and sum) and numerical count, minimum and maximum as well. You can even adjust the values that are shown by right clicking on the status bar. The status bar shows the average, count and sum of the currently selected cells. The status bar is the bar at the bottom of the Excel window. Counting, summing and averaging without formulasĪ quick way to count, sum or average without writing a formula is by selecting the cells you are interested in and looking at the status bar. To do this, select some cells, click on the edge of the selection and drag to a new position. What these people don’t know is that you can also drag and drop to move cells. If they’re feeling adventurous they may even use the keyboard shortcuts to do so. Drag and drop to moveĪ lot of people use cut and paste to move cells in an Excel worksheet. Welcome to the beginners tips and tricks for Excel. And now, it is your time to start on your path to becoming the Excel guru of the office. You’ve seen others use it to great effect.
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