Copy all rows in excel

When you move or copy rows and columns, by default Excel moves or copies all data that they contain, including formulas and their resulting values, comments, cell formats, and hidden cells.

When you copy cells that contain a formula, the relative cell references are not adjusted. Therefore, the contents of cells and of any cells that point to them might display the #REF! error value. If that happens, you can adjust the references manually. For more information, see Detect errors in formulas.

You can use the Cut command or Copy command to move or copy selected cells, rows, and columns, but you can also move or copy them by using the mouse.

By default, Excel displays the Paste Options button. If you need to redisplay it, go to Advanced in Excel Options. For more information, see Advanced options.

  1. Select the cell, row, or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To move rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Cut cut icon image or press CTRL+X.

    • To copy rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press CTRL+C.

  3. Right-click a row or column below or to the right of where you want to move or copy your selection, and then do one of the following:

    • When you are moving rows or columns, click Insert Cut Cells.

    • When you are copying rows or columns, click Insert Copied Cells.

    Tip: To move or copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

Note: Excel displays an animated moving border around cells that were cut or copied. To cancel a moving border, press Esc.

By default, drag-and-drop editing is turned on so that you can use the mouse to move and copy cells.

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. Do one of the following:


    • Cut and replace
         Point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer Move Pointer, drag the rows or columns to another location. Excel warns you if you are going to replace a column. Press Cancel to avoid replacing.

    • Copy and replace    Hold down CTRL while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a copy pointer Excel Copy Pointer, drag the rows or columns to another location. Excel doesn’t warn you if you are going to replace a column. Press CTRL+Z if you don’t want to replace a row or column.

    • Cut and insert   Hold down SHIFT while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer Move Pointer, drag the rows or columns to another location.

    • Copy and insert    Hold down SHIFT and CTRL  while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer Move Pointer, drag the rows or columns to another location.

    Note: Make sure that you hold down CTRL or SHIFT during the drag-and-drop operation. If you release CTRL or SHIFT before you release the mouse button, you will move the rows or columns instead of copying them.

Note: You cannot move or copy nonadjacent rows and columns by using the mouse.

If some cells, rows, or columns on the worksheet are not displayed, you have the option of copying all cells or only the visible cells. For example, you can choose to copy only the displayed summary data on an outlined worksheet.

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select, and then click Go To Special.

    Excel  Ribbon Image

  3. Under Select, click Visible cells only, and then click OK.

  4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C. .

  5. Select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

    Tip: To move or copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

  6. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste Button image or press Ctrl+V.

    If you click the arrow below Paste Button image, you can choose from several paste options to apply to your selection.

Excel pastes the copied data into consecutive rows or columns. If the paste area contains hidden rows or columns, you might have to unhide the paste area to see all of the copied cells.

When you copy or paste hidden or filtered data to another application or another instance of Excel, only visible cells are copied.

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.

  3. Select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

  4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste Button image, and then click Paste Special.

  5. Select the Skip blanks check box.

  1. Double-click the cell that contains the data that you want to move or copy. You can also edit and select cell data in the formula bar.

  2. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  3. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, do one of the following:

    • To move the selection, click Cut cut icon image or press Ctrl+X.

    • To copy the selection, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.

  4. In the cell, click where you want to paste the characters, or double-click another cell to move or copy the data.

  5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste Button image or press Ctrl+V.

  6. Press ENTER.

    Note: When you double-click a cell or press F2 to edit the active cell, the arrow keys work only within that cell. To use the arrow keys to move to another cell, first press Enter to complete your editing changes to the active cell.

When you paste copied data, you can do any of the following:

  • Paste only the cell formatting, such as font color or fill color (and not the contents of the cells).

  • Convert any formulas in the cell to the calculated values without overwriting the existing formatting.

  • Paste only the formulas (and not the calculated values).

Procedure

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.
     

  3. Select the upper-left cell of the paste area or the cell where you want to paste the value, cell format, or formula.

  4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste Button image, and then do one of the following:

    • To paste values only, click Values.

    • To paste cell formats only, click Formatting.

    • To paste formulas only, click Formulas.

When you paste copied data, the pasted data uses the column width settings of the target cells. To correct the column widths so that they match the source cells, follow these steps.

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, do one of the following:

    • To move cells, click Cut cut icon image or press Ctrl+X.

    • To copy cells, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.

  3. Select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

    Tip: To move or copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

  4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste Button image, and then click Keep Source Column Widths.

You can use the Cut command or Copy command to move or copy selected cells, rows, and columns, but you can also move or copy them by using the mouse.

  1. Select the cell, row, or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To move rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Cut cut icon image or press CTRL+X.

    • To copy rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press CTRL+C.

  3. Right-click a row or column below or to the right of where you want to move or copy your selection, and then do one of the following:

    • When you are moving rows or columns, click Insert Cut Cells.

    • When you are copying rows or columns, click Insert Copied Cells.

    Tip: To move or copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

Note: Excel displays an animated moving border around cells that were cut or copied. To cancel a moving border, press Esc.

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. Do one of the following:


    • Cut and insert
         Point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a hand pointer The Move Hand Icon, drag the row or column to another location

    • Cut and replace   Hold down SHIFT while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer The Move Hand Icon, drag the row or column to another location. Excel warns you if you are going to replace a row or column. Press Cancel to avoid replacing.

    • Copy and insert    Hold down CTRL while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer The Move Hand Icon, drag the row or column to another location.

    • Copy and replace    Hold down SHIFT and CTRL while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer The Move Hand Icon, drag the row or column to another location. Excel warns you if you are going to replace a row or column. Press Cancel to avoid replacing.

    Note: Make sure that you hold down CTRL or SHIFT during the drag-and-drop operation. If you release CTRL or SHIFT before you release the mouse button, you will move the rows or columns instead of copying them.

Note: You cannot move or copy nonadjacent rows and columns by using the mouse.

  1. Double-click the cell that contains the data that you want to move or copy. You can also edit and select cell data in the formula bar.

  2. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  3. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, do one of the following:

    • To move the selection, click Cut cut icon image or press Ctrl+X.

    • To copy the selection, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.

  4. In the cell, click where you want to paste the characters, or double-click another cell to move or copy the data.

  5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste Button image or press Ctrl+V.

  6. Press ENTER.

    Note: When you double-click a cell or press F2 to edit the active cell, the arrow keys work only within that cell. To use the arrow keys to move to another cell, first press Enter to complete your editing changes to the active cell.

When you paste copied data, you can do any of the following:

  • Paste only the cell formatting, such as font color or fill color (and not the contents of the cells).

  • Convert any formulas in the cell to the calculated values without overwriting the existing formatting.

  • Paste only the formulas (and not the calculated values).

Procedure

  1. Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy copy icon image or press Ctrl+C.
     

  3. Select the upper-left cell of the paste area or the cell where you want to paste the value, cell format, or formula.

  4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste Button image, and then do one of the following:

    • To paste values only, click Paste Values.

    • To paste cell formats only, click Paste Formatting.

    • To paste formulas only, click Paste Formulas.

You can move or copy selected cells, rows, and columns by using the mouse and Transpose.

  1. Select the cells or range of cells that you want to move or copy.

  2. Point to the border of the cell or range that you selected.

  3. When the pointer becomes a Hand pointer, do one of the following:

To

Do this

Move cells

Drag the cells to another location.

Copy cells

Hold down OPTION and drag the cells to another location.

Note: When you drag or paste cells to a new location, if there is pre-existing data in that location, Excel will overwrite the original data.

  1. Select the rows or columns that you want to move or copy.

  2. Point to the border of the cell or range that you selected.

  3. When the pointer becomes a Hand pointer, do one of the following:

To

Do this

Move rows or columns

Drag the rows or columns to another location.

Copy rows or columns

Hold down OPTION and drag the rows or columns to another location.

Move or copy data between existing rows or columns

Hold down SHIFT and drag your row or column between existing rows or columns. Excel makes space for the new row or column.

  1. Copy the rows or columns that you want to transpose.

  2. Select the destination cell (the first cell of the row or column into which you want to paste your data) for the rows or columns that you are transposing.

  3. On the Home tab, under Edit, click the arrow next to Paste, and then click Transpose.

    Home tab, Edit group

    Note: Columns and rows cannot overlap. For example, if you select values in Column C, and try to paste them into a row that overlaps Column C, Excel displays an error message. The destination area of a pasted column or row must be outside the original values.

See also

Insert or delete cells, rows, columns

Select all the data in the worksheet. Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+Spacebar, on the keyboard, and then press Shift+Spacebar. Copy all the data on the sheet by pressing CTRL+C.

Contents

  • 1 What is the shortcut to copy all data in Excel?
  • 2 How do you copy and paste all results in Excel?
  • 3 How do I copy and paste a large amount of data in Excel?
  • 4 What is Ctrl D in Excel?
  • 5 How do I select all text in an Excel cell?
  • 6 How do I copy all results in a spreadsheet?
  • 7 How do I copy all the rows of text in Excel?
  • 8 How do I copy an entire row in Excel to another cell based on value?
  • 9 How do I select 1000 rows in Excel?
  • 10 Why is Excel not copying all cells?
  • 11 What is Ctrl M in Excel?
  • 12 What is Ctrl J in Excel?
  • 13 What is Ctrl F?
  • 14 How do I copy an entire column in Excel?
  • 15 How do you select all data in Excel?
  • 16 How do you select a large range of cells in Excel without scrolling?
  • 17 How do you copy and paste multiple cells in Excel?
  • 18 Is there a copy if function in Excel?
  • 19 How do I select all rows with specific text?
  • 20 How do you select all below rows in Excel?

What is the shortcut to copy all data in Excel?

In Excel, select the cells you want to copy and press Ctrl + C. Click the top left cell where you wish to paste and press Ctrl + V. The copied selection is saved in the Clipboard so you can continue pressing Ctrl + V in different locations if you want to make multiple copies of the selection.

How do you copy and paste all results in Excel?

Copy all selected cell with pressing the Ctrl + C keys, and then select a blank cell and paste them with pressing the Ctrl + A keys.

How do I copy and paste a large amount of data in Excel?

Copying & Pasting Cell Content to Thousands of Cells in Microsoft…

  1. Select the cell A1.
  2. Go to address bar.
  3. Type a cell address in the name box. For example, type A1:D1.
  4. Press Ctrl+C on your keyboard to copy the selected rows.
  5. Paste the data in column E by pressing the key Ctrl+V on your keyboard.

What is Ctrl D in Excel?

Ctrl+D in Excel and Google Sheets
In Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, pressing Ctrl + D fills and overwrites a cell(s) with the contents of the cell above it in a column. To fill the entire column with the contents of the upper cell, press Ctrl + Shift + Down to select all cells below, and then press Ctrl + D .

How do I select all text in an Excel cell?

Selecting Cells that contain specific Text

  1. #1 go to HOME tab, click Find & Select command under Editing group. And the Find and Replace dialog will open.
  2. #2 type one text string that you want to find in your data.
  3. #3 click Find All button.
  4. #4 press Ctrl +A keys in your keyboard to select all searched values.

How do I copy all results in a spreadsheet?

  1. open the excel file.
  2. open DATA>FILTER.
  3. you will see the little icon on top of column you selected.
  4. Then select Text filters> containes.
  5. write the value or text in very first line you want to select.
  6. click ok.
  7. copy ctrl+C, past in another sheet or excel file ctrl+v.

How do I copy all the rows of text in Excel?

All cells containing specific text or value in the selected columns are found out, and all rows with the selected cells are selected at once. 5. Press Ctrl + C keys in a meanwhile to copy these rows.

How do I copy an entire row in Excel to another cell based on value?

Press the Ctrl + C keys to copy the selected rows, and then paste them into the destination worksheet you need.

How do I select 1000 rows in Excel?

Select one or more rows and columns
Select the letter at the top to select the entire column. Or click on any cell in the column and then press Ctrl + Space. Select the row number to select the entire row. Or click on any cell in the row and then press Shift + Space.

Why is Excel not copying all cells?

If some cells, rows, or columns on a worksheet do not appear, you have the option of copying all cells—or only the visible cells. By default, Excel copies hidden or filtered cells in addition to visible cells.Select the upper-left cell of the paste area and click Paste (or press Ctrl+V).

What is Ctrl M in Excel?

In Microsoft Word and other word processor programs, pressing Ctrl + M indents the paragraph. If you press this keyboard shortcut more than once, it continues to indent further. For example, you could hold down the Ctrl and press M three times to indent the paragraph by three units.

What is Ctrl J in Excel?

Using Find & Replace to insert line breaks (CTRL+J) erases cell contents.

What is Ctrl F?

What is Ctrl-F?Ctrl-F is the shortcut in your browser or operating system that allows you to find words or phrases quickly. You can use it browsing a website, in a Word or Google document, even in a PDF. You can also select Find under the Edit menu of your browser or app.

How do I copy an entire column in Excel?

How to Copy and Paste Columns in Excel

  1. Step 1: highlight the column or cells you want to copy and paste. If we are to transfer the data in an entire column, we have to first highlight it.
  2. Step 2: Press Ctrl + C to copy column.
  3. Step 3: Press Ctrl + V to paste.

How do you select all data in Excel?

Select all cells on a worksheet

  1. Click the Select All button.
  2. Press CTRL+A. Note If the worksheet contains data, and the active cell is above or to the right of the data, pressing CTRL+A selects the current region. Pressing CTRL+A a second time selects the entire worksheet.

How do you select a large range of cells in Excel without scrolling?

You can do this two ways:

  1. Click into the cell in the upper left corner of the range.
  2. Click into the Name Box and type the cell in the lower right corner of the range.
  3. Press SHIFT + Enter.
  4. Excel will select the entire range.

How do you copy and paste multiple cells in Excel?

After selecting the range of cells press Ctrl + C together to copy the range of cells. Again, select a range of cells where you want to paste it and press on to Ctrl + V together to paste it. This is the easiest way of copying and pasting multiple cells altogether.

Is there a copy if function in Excel?

If cell contains, select or copy entire rows
In situations when you want to select or copy rows with relevant data, use Excel’s AutoFilter to filter such rows. After that, press Ctrl + A to select the filtered data, Ctrl+C to copy it, and Ctrl+V to paste the data to another location.

How do I select all rows with specific text?

Follow these steps:

  1. Begin by doing either of the following: To search the entire worksheet for specific cells, click any cell.
  2. On the Home tab, click Find & Select > Go To (in the Editing group). Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+G.
  3. Click Special.
  4. In the Go To Special dialog box, click one of the following options.

How do you select all below rows in Excel?

Click on the top cell, then press Ctrl and hold the space bar. All cells beneath the cell initially chosen will be highlighted.
2 Answers

  1. Ctrl+End to go to the last row.
  2. Arrow over to the intended column.
  3. Ctrl+Up once or twice to select the column starting from the bottom.

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  1. Move or copy cells and cell contents
  2. Need more help?
  3. Move or copy worksheets or worksheet data
  4. Move a worksheet within a workbook
  5. Copy a worksheet in the same workbook
  6. Move a sheet
  7. Copy a sheet
  8. Move a sheet to another workbook
  9. Copy a sheet to another workbook
  10. Change the color of a sheet tab
  11. Need more help?
  12. Move or copy cells, rows, and columns
  13. Copy visible cells only
  14. Need more help?
  15. How to automatically make copies of rows in Excel?
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Move or copy cells and cell contents

Use Cut, Copy, and Paste to move or copy cell contents. Or copy specific contents or attributes from the cells. For example, copy the resulting value of a formula without copying the formula, or copy only the formula.

When you move or copy a cell, Excel moves or copies the cell, including formulas and their resulting values, cell formats, and comments.

You can move cells in Excel by drag and dropping or using the Cut and Paste commands.

Move cells by drag and dropping

Select the cells or range of cells that you want to move or copy.

Point to the border of the selection.

When the pointer becomes a move pointer , drag the cell or range of cells to another location.

Move cells by using Cut and Paste

Select a cell or a cell range.

Select Home > Cut or press Ctrl + X.

Select a cell where you want to move the data.

Select Home > Paste or press Ctrl + V.

Copy cells by using Copy and Paste

Select the cell or range of cells.

Select Copy or press Ctrl + C.

Select Paste or press Ctrl + V.

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Move or copy worksheets or worksheet data

You can move or copy a worksheet in the same workbook to organize your workbook exactly how you want.

You can use the Move or Copy Sheet command to move or copy entire worksheets (also known as sheets), to other locations in the same or a different workbook. You can use the Cut and Copy commands to move or copy a portion of the data to other worksheets or workbooks.

Move a worksheet within a workbook

Select the worksheet tab, and drag it to where you want it.

Caution: When you move a sheet to another workbook, check any formulas or charts that refer to data on the sheet because moving the sheet might cause errors or produce unintended results in your data. Similarly, if you move a sheet that is referred to by 3-D references, the calculation might include or leave out data on the sheet.

Copy a worksheet in the same workbook

Press CTRL and drag the worksheet tab to the tab location you want.

Right click on the worksheet tab and select Move or Copy.

Select the Create a copy checkbox.

Under Before sheet, select where you want to place the copy.

When you need to reorganize your data, you can easily change the order of sheets in a workbook, or move or copy a sheet to another workbook. But be aware that calculations or charts that are based on sheet data may become inaccurate if you move the sheet.

Move a sheet

Drag the sheet tab to the location that you want along the row of sheet tabs.

Copy a sheet

Hold down OPTION.

Drag the sheet tab to the location that you want the copied sheet to appear along the row of sheet tabs.

Important: Release the mouse button before you release the OPTION key.

Move a sheet to another workbook

Caution: When you move a sheet to another workbook, check any formulas or charts that refer to data on the sheet because moving the sheet might cause errors or produce unintended results in your data. Similarly, if you move a sheet that is referred to by 3-D references, the calculation might include or leave out data on the sheet.

Open the workbook that you want to move the sheet to.

On the Window menu, click the workbook that contains the sheet that you want to move.

Click the sheet that you want to copy to the other workbook.

On the Edit menu, click Sheet > Move or Copy Sheet.

On the To book menu, click the workbook that you want to move the sheet to.

Tip: To create a new workbook that contains the moved sheet, click new book.

In the Before sheet box, click the sheet that you want to insert the moved sheet before, or click move to end.

Copy a sheet to another workbook

Open the workbook that you want to copy the sheet to.

On the Window menu, click the workbook that contains the sheet that you want to copy.

Click the sheet that you want to copy.

On the Edit menu, click Sheet > Move or Copy Sheet.

On the To book menu, click the workbook that you want to copy the sheet to.

Tip: To create a new workbook that contains the moved sheet, click new book.

In the Before sheet box, click the sheet that you want to insert the copied sheet before, or click move to end.

Select the Create a copy check box.

Change the color of a sheet tab

Coloring the sheet tabs can help you keep track of your information in a large workbook.

Hold down CONTROL and click the sheet tab.

Click Tab Color, and then click the color that you want to use.

In Excel for the web, you can duplicate (or copy) worksheets within the current workbook. Simply right-click the tab name at the bottom of the sheet and click Duplicate.

Note: You may receive an error when you are trying to duplicate a worksheet that contains a chart, picture, or shape. If you get an error, you can duplicate the sheet manually.

If you have elements in your worksheet that interfere with duplicating it, you can still create a copy of the worksheet manually by copying all the data and pasting it into a new sheet. Here’s how:

Select all the data in the worksheet.

Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+Spacebar, on the keyboard, and then press Shift+Spacebar.

Copy all the data on the sheet by pressing CTRL+C.

Click the plus sign to add a new blank worksheet.

Click the first cell in the new sheet and press CTRL+V to paste the data.

Note: You will lose any conditional formatting applied to the cells when you paste them into the new worksheet.

In Excel for the web, the option to move or copy a sheet isn’t available when you right-click a sheet tab, as it is in the Excel desktop application. In Excel for the web, you can achieve the same result by copying all of the data in the worksheet and pasting it into a blank worksheet in the other workbook.

Follow these steps to move or copy a worksheet to another workbook in Excel for the web:

Select all the data in the worksheet.

Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+Spacebar and then press Shift+Spacebar.

Copy all the data on the sheet by pressing CTRL+C.

Open the workbook in which you want to paste the data, then click the + in the status bar to add a new blank worksheet.

Click the first cell in the new worksheet, then press CTRL+V to paste the data into that worksheet.

Note: You will lose any conditional formatting applied to the cells when you paste them into the other workbook.

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Move or copy cells, rows, and columns

When you move or copy rows and columns, by default Excel moves or copies all data that they contain, including formulas and their resulting values, comments, cell formats, and hidden cells.

When you copy cells that contain a formula, the relative cell references are not adjusted. Therefore, the contents of cells and of any cells that point to them might display the #REF! error value. If that happens, you can adjust the references manually. For more information, see Detect errors in formulas.

You can use the Cut command or Copy command to move or copy selected cells, rows, and columns, but you can also move or copy them by using the mouse.

By default, Excel displays the Paste Options button. If you need to redisplay it, go to Advanced in Excel Options. For more information, see Advanced options.

Select the cell, row, or column that you want to move or copy.

Do one of the following:

To move rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Cut or press CTRL+X.

To copy rows or columns, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy or press CTRL+C.

Right-click a row or column below or to the right of where you want to move or copy your selection, and then do one of the following:

When you are moving rows or columns, click Insert Cut Cells.

When you are copying rows or columns, click Insert Copied Cells.

Tip: To move or copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

Note: Excel displays an animated moving border around cells that were cut or copied. To cancel a moving border, press Esc.

By default, drag-and-drop editing is turned on so that you can use the mouse to move and copy cells.

Select the row or column that you want to move or copy.

Do one of the following:

Cut and replace Point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer , drag the rows or columns to another location. Excel warns you if you are going to replace a column. Press Cancel to avoid replacing.

Copy and replace Hold down CTRL while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a copy pointer , drag the rows or columns to another location. Excel doesn’t warn you if you are going to replace a column. Press CTRL+Z if you don’t want to replace a row or column.

Cut and insert Hold down SHIFT while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer , drag the rows or columns to another location.

Copy and insert Hold down SHIFT and CTRL while you point to the border of the selection. When the pointer becomes a move pointer , drag the rows or columns to another location.

Note: Make sure that you hold down CTRL or SHIFT during the drag-and-drop operation. If you release CTRL or SHIFT before you release the mouse button, you will move the rows or columns instead of copying them.

Note: You cannot move or copy nonadjacent rows and columns by using the mouse.

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Copy visible cells only

If some cells, rows, or columns on a worksheet do not appear, you have the option of copying all cells—or only the visible cells. By default, Excel copies hidden or filtered cells in addition to visible cells. If this is not what you want, follow the steps in this article to copy visible cells only. For example, you can choose to copy only the summary data from an outlined worksheet.

Follow these steps:

Select the cells that you want to copy For more information, see Select cells, ranges, rows, or columns on a worksheet.

Tip: To cancel a selection of cells, click any cell in the worksheet.

Click Home > Find & Select, and pick Go To Special.

Click Visible cells only > OK.

Click Copy (or press Ctrl+C).

Select the upper-left cell of the paste area and click Paste (or press Ctrl+V).

Tip: To copy a selection to a different worksheet or workbook, click another worksheet tab or switch to another workbook, and then select the upper-left cell of the paste area.

Note: Excel pastes the copied data into consecutive rows or columns. If the paste area contains hidden rows or columns, you might have to unhide the paste area to see all of the copied cells.

When you copy and paste visible cells in a range of data that has hidden cells or filtering applied, you’ll notice that the hidden cells are pasted along with the visible ones. Unfortunately, you can’t change this when you copy and paste a range of cells in Excel for the web because the option to paste only visible cells isn’t available.

However, if the data is formatted as a table with filtering applied, you can copy and paste only the visible cells.

If you don’t want to format the data as a table and if you have the Excel desktop application, you can open your workbook to copy and paste the visible cells there. To do that, click Open in Excel and follow the steps in Copy and paste visible cells only.

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How to automatically make copies of rows in Excel?

I have an excel file which looks like this:
row1_cell1 row1_cell2 row1_cell3
row2_cell1 row2_cell2 row2_cell3
row3_cell1 row3_cell2 row3_cell3

How can i make three (or any number of) copies of each row that i have in the sheet, which i would like to be added after the row being copied? So, in the end i would like to have this kind of a result:
row1_cell1 row1_cell2 row1_cell3
row1_cell1 row1_cell2 row1_cell3
row1_cell1 row1_cell2 row1_cell3
row2_cell1 row2_cell2 row2_cell3
row2_cell1 row2_cell2 row2_cell3
row2_cell1 row2_cell2 row2_cell3
row3_cell1 row3_cell2 row3_cell3
row3_cell1 row3_cell2 row3_cell3
row3_cell1 row3_cell2 row3_cell3

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This is how I would do that for all rows on the sheet:

There isn’t a direct way to paste them interleaved like what you wanted. However, you can create a temporary VBA to do what you want.

For example, you can:-

  1. Create a VBA procedure (like the one below) in your Excel file.
  2. Assign a keyboard shortcut (eg. Ctrl+Q) to it.
    • To do this, press Alt+F8, then select the macro, then click ‘Options’.
  3. Select the cells you want to copy, then press Ctrl+C.
  4. Select the cell you want to paste in, then press Ctrl+Q (or whatever keyboard shortcut you chose).
  5. Enter the number of times you want to copy. (In your example, it would be 3.)
  6. WHAMMO! 😀
  7. Now you can delete the VBA procedure. 🙂

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In excel, you can move or copy entire rows to the destined sheets. (From the source sheet). You can copy entire rows automatically with automatic workflow.

1. Select the row you intend to copy to another worksheet. (You can do this by holding down the shift key and selecting a range of rows) if you want separate rows, you can hold down the CTRL key and select rows separately by clicking them.ON the left side of the sheet grid, the rows will be numbered. Selecting the parent rows, all the children rows will be copied, which means you have to delete them on the other sheet if you don’t need them

2. After Right-clicking on the highlighted section, choose COPY to copy to another sheet.

3. Within the sheet, the picker locates and picks your target sheet.

4. Right-click on the new sheet and click paste. Choose the ideal paste option for your data

Cell information from all rows in the source sheet will be copied at the new worksheet’s bottom. This will not alter or affect the rows in the source sheet. For columns, this won’t work, but they can be re-created when you move several rows.

Copy rows to the destined sheet based on column criteria.

You can easily filter out rows within a column and copy them to a new worksheet manually. Follow these steps.

1. Select the column which you want to copy rows based on and then Data > filter.

2. Select the arrow beside the selected column headers, and then you can check the name of cells you want, and cell data will indicate it. (in the drop-down list)

3. After specified rows are filtered, copy the records.

4. Come up with a new sheet by clicking the cross sign. Sometimes you can use the text both with a flower icon in the sheet tab bar.

5. Paste the records to the new sheets.

6. Repeat 2 and 5 to copy other rows in the new sheet.

7. You should see all the records well copied if not re-do the steps.

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This tutorial shows how to duplicate rows in Excel and Google Sheets.

copyrows intro

Duplicate Rows – Copy and Paste

The easiest way to copy rows exactly is to use Excel’s Copy and Paste functionality. If you’re starting with duplicate rows and want to remove them, see this page.

Say you have the following data set and want to copy Row 7 to Row 8.

duplicate rows initial data

  1. Select the row you want to copy by clicking on a row number (here, Row 7), then right-click anywhere in the selected area and choose Copy (or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + C).

duplicate rows copy paste

  1. Right-click the row number where you want to paste the copied row and click Paste (or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + V).

duplicate rows copy paste 2

As a result, the entire Row 7 is copied to Row 8.

duplicate rows copy paste 3

To use copy and paste to duplicate a whole row within a macro, see VBA Copy / Paste Rows & Columns.

Copy a Row to Multiple Rows

You can also copy one row and paste it into multiple rows. For example, follow these steps to copy Row 7 to Rows 8–10:

  1. Select the row you want to copy by clicking on a row number (Row 7). Then right-click anywhere in the selected area and choose Copy (or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + C).

duplicate rows copy paste

  1. Select the row numbers where you want to paste copied row, then right-click anywhere in the selected area, and choose Paste (or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + V).

copy row to multiple rows

As a result, Row 7 is now copied to Rows 8–10.

copy row to multiple rows 2

Duplicate Rows With the Fill Handle

You can also duplicate rows using the fill handle.

  1. Select the row you want to copy, and position the cursor in the bottom-left corner of the selection range until the small black cross appears (the Fill Handle).

duplicate rows using fill handle

  1. Then drag the cursor down to the next row (or to multiple rows, depending on the number of duplicates you want).

duplicate rows copy paste 3

The result is exactly the same as demonstrated with the copy and paste method above.

Duplicate Rows in Google Sheets

You can use any of the options above in exactly the same way in Google Sheets to duplicate rows.

copyrows-gs

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If you need to cut-paste or copy-paste Columns and Rows in an Excel spreadsheet, you can try out this method mentioned in the article. This guide helps you to copy multiple columns and rows along with the formulas you inserted in any particular cell.

Let’s say that you have a spreadsheet with multiple rows and columns. You need to move some rows or columns from one place to another to match something in the sheet. When you move a column, the associated formulas do not move alongside. However, this guide will help you to move a column or row along with the formula. Although it is not possible to cut or copy a row or column along with the applied formula, you can identify the cells and apply the same formula again.

To Copy Paste columns and rows in Excel spreadsheet, follow these steps:

  1. Open an Excel spreadsheet on your computer.
  2. Select a row or column you want to copy or cut.
  3. Press the Ctrl+Cto copy or Ctrl+X to cut.
  4. Select the destination row or column where you want to paste it.
  5. Press the Ctrl+Vto paste the data.
  6. Click on the cell to change the formula.
  7. Click on the top formula bar and write down the new formula.
  8. Press the Ctrl+Sto save the changes.

To learn more about these steps, continue reading.

To get started, you need to open the Excel spreadsheet on your computer and select a row or column you want to cut or copy to another location.

You have two options to cut or copy the row and column. You can either use the Ctrl+C or Ctrl+X keyboard shortcut or right-click on the row/column and choose the Copy or Cut option.

How to Copy Paste columns and rows in Excel spreadsheet

After that, select the desired row or column where you want to paste the data. Then, press the Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut to paste the copied content to the selected row or column.

Now, your data is pasted, but the formulas are messed up. You need to click on a particular cell where you used a formula earlier, click on the formula bar on the top of the spreadsheet, and edit the formula accordingly.

How to Copy Paste columns and rows in Excel spreadsheet

At last, click on the Ctrl+S to save all the changes.

Note: If you do not change the formula after pasting the data to the new row or column, it will not show the correct information in the new place. Simple as well as complex formulas do not get changed as you change the row or column. The second important thing is that your selected rows and columns should not contain any chart.

How do I copy multiple rows and columns to another sheet in Excel?

To copy multiple rows and columns to another sheet in Excel, you do not need to do anything special. That said, you can open the source spreadsheet first, select the rows and columns, and press the Ctrl+C buttons together to copy. Then, you can open the second spreadsheet and press the Ctrl+V to paste the content.

Can you Copy and paste whole columns in Excel?

Yes, you can copy and paste whole columns in Excel. There is nothing special in doing so. Having said that, you can select the columns you want to copy and press the Ctrl+C buttons. Then, you can open another spreadsheet and press the Ctrl+V to paste.

That’s all! Hope it helped.

Read: How to create Custom Excel FunctionsThat’s all! Hope this guide helped.

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I have 3-4 excel files in a directory, each excel workbook contains 1 sheet. The structure of each sheet are identical. I want to consolidate all the sheets into one sheet. I am using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel package in VS 2008. How do I copy all the rows in one worksheet and append at the end of another worksheet? I am new to C# so my question may be improper. Thanks for help.

asked Oct 14, 2013 at 10:03

user2531191's user avatar

That’s quite a big question, I’m not sure which specific bits you need help on. I can get the ball rolling with this code

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ConsoleApplication3
{ 
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Application excel = new Application();
        Workbook wb1 = excel.Workbooks.Open("c:\temp\me.xlsx");
        Workbook wb2 = excel.Workbooks.Open("c:\temp\you.xlsx");
        Range src = wb1.Sheets["Sheet1"].Range("A1:B3");
        Range dest = wb2.Sheets["Sheet1"].Range("A10");

        src.Copy(dest);
        wb2.Save();
        wb1.Close();
        wb2.Close();
        excel.Quit();
    }
}
}

will copy some cells from ‘me.xlsx’ to ‘you.xlsx’ (note this is a newer version of VS than you’re using)

Does this help?

answered Oct 14, 2013 at 10:33

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Copying and Pasting a cell or a range of cells is one of the most common tasks users do in Excel.

A proper understanding of how to copy-paste multiple cells (that are adjacent or non-adjacent) would really help you be a lot more efficient while working with Microsoft Excel.

In this tutorial, I will show you different scenarios where you can copy and paste multiple cells in Excel.

If you have been using Excel for some time now, I’m quite sure you would know some of these already, but there’s a good chance you’d end up learning something new.

So let’s get started!

Copy and Paste Multiple Adjacent Cells

Let’s start with the easy scenario.

Suppose you have a range of cells (that are adjacent) as shown below and you want to copy it to some other location in the same worksheet or some other worksheet/workbook.

Dataset to copy and paste

Below are the steps to do this:

  1. Select the range of cells that you want to copy
Select the cells you want to copy
  1. Right-click on the selection
  2. Click on Copy
Right click and copy the cells
  1. Right-click on the destination cell (E1 in this example)
  2. Click on the Paste icon
Right click on destination cell and click on paste icon

The above steps would copy all the cells in the selected range and paste them into the destination range.

Copied data has been pasted

In case you already have something in the destination range, it would be overwritten.

Excel also gives you the flexibility to choose what you want to paste. For example, you can choose to only copy and paste the values, or the formatting, or the formulas, etc.

These options are available to you when you right-click on the destination cell (the icons below the paste special option).

Or you can click on the Paste Special option and then choose what you want to paste using the options in the dialog box.

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Copy Paste

In case you prefer using the keyboard while working with Excel, you can use the below shortcut:

  • Control + C (Windows) or Command + C (Mac) – to copy range of cells
  • Control + V (Windows) or Command + V (Mac) – to paste in the destination cells

And below are some advanced copy-paste shortcuts (using the paste special dialog box).

To use this, first copy the cells, then select the destination cell, and then use the below keyboard shortcuts.

  • To paste only the Values – Control + E + S + V + Enter
  • To paste only the Formulas – Control + E + S + F + Enter
  • To paste only the Formatting – Control + E + S + T + Enter
  • To paste only the Column Width – Control + E + S + W + Enter
  • To paste only the Comments and notes – Control + E + S + C + Enter

In case you’re using Mac, use Command instead of Control.

Also read: How to Cut a Cell Value in Excel (Keyboard Shortcuts)

Mouse Shortcut for Copy Paste

If you prefer using the mouse instead of the keyboard shortcuts, here is another way you can quickly copy and paste multiple cells in Excel.

  1. Select the cells that you want to copy
  2. Hold the Control key
  3. Place the mouse cursor at the edge of the selection (you will notice that the cursor changes into an arrow with a plus sign)
  4. Left-click and then drag the selection where you want the cells to be pasted
Copy and Paste using Mouse

This method is also quite fast but is only useful in case you want to copy and paste the range of cells in the same worksheet somewhere nearby.

If the destination cell is a little far off, you’re better off using the keyboard shortcuts.

Copy and Paste Multiple Non-Adjacent Cells

Copy-pasting multiple cells that are nonadjacent is a bit tricky.

If you select multiple cells that are not adjacent to each other, and you copy these cells, you’ll see a prompt as shown below.

Excel doesnt allow copying non-adjacent cells

This is Excel’s way of telling you that you cannot copy multiple cells that are non-adjacent.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing that you can do about it.

There’s no hack or a workaround, and if you want to copy and paste these nonadjacent cells, you will have to do this one by one.

But there are a few scenarios where you can actually copy and paste non-adjacent cells in Excel.

Let’s have a look at these.

Copy and Paste Multiple Non-Adjacent Cells (that are in the same row/column)

While you can not copy non-adjacent cells in different rows and columns, if you have non-adjacent cells in the same row or column, Excel allows you to copy these.

For example, you can copy cells in the same row (even if these are non-adjacent). Just select the cells and then use Control + C (or Command + C for Mac). You will see the outline (the dancing ants outline).

Excel allows copying non-adjacent cells in the same row

Once you have copied these cells, go to the destination cell and paste these (Control + V or Command + V)

Excel will paste all the copied cells in the destination cell but make these adjacents.

Similarly, you can select multiple nonadjacent cells in one column, copy them, and then paste it into the destination cells.

Copy and Paste Multiple Non-Adjacent Rows/Columns (but adjacent cells)

Another thing Excel allows is to select non-adjacent rows or non-adjacent columns and then copy them.

Excel allows copying non-adjacent rows

Now when you paste these in the destination cell, these would be pasted as adjacent rows or columns.

Non adjacent rows copied and pasted

Below is an example where I copied multiple non-adjacent rows from the dataset and pasted these in a different location.

Copy Value From Above in Non-Adjacent Cells

One practical scenario where you may have to copy and paste multiple cells would be when you have gaps in a data set and you want to copy the value from the cell above.

Below I have some dates in column A, and there are some blank cells as well. I want to fill these blank cells with the date in the last filed cell above them.

Data with blank cells in it

To do this, I would need to do two things:

  • Select all the blank cells
  • Copy the date from the above-filled cell and paste it into these blank cells

Let me show you how to do this.

Select All Blank Cells in the Dataset

Below are the steps to select all the blank cells in column A:

  1. Select the dates in column A, including the blank ones that you want to fill
Select the column that has empty cells
  1. Press the F5 key on your keyboard. This will open the Go To dialog box.
  2. Click the Special button. This will open the Go To Special dialog box.
Click the Special button
  1. In the Go To Special dialog box, select Blanks
Select Blanks in the Go To Special dialog box
  1. Click OK

The above steps would select all the blank cells in column A.

Blank Cells are selected

Now, we want to somehow copy the value in the above field cell in these blank cells. This cannot be done using any copy-paste method so we will have to use a formula (a very simple one).

Fill Blank Cells with Value Above

This part is really easy.

  1. With the blank cell selected, first hit the equal to key on your keyboard
Enter equal to sign in the active cell
  1. Now hit the Up arrow key. This will automatically enter the cell reference of the cell that is above the active cell.
Refer to the cell above the active cell
  1. Hold the Control key and press the Enter key

The above steps would enter the same formula in all the selected blank cells – which is to refer to the cell above it.

Value from cell above is copied to the blank cells

While this is a formula, the end result is that you have the blank cells filled with the above-filled date in the data set.

Once you have the desired result, you can convert the formula into values if you want (so that the formula doesn’t update the cells in case you change any value in a cell that is being referenced in the formula).

So these are a couple of methods you can use to copy and paste multiple cells (adjacent and non-adjacent cells) in Excel. I am sure using these methods will help you save tons of time in your day-to-day work.

I hope you found this tutorial useful!

Other Excel tutorials you may also like:

  • How to Copy and Paste Column in Excel? 3 Easy Ways!
  • How to Copy Excel Table to MS Word (4 Easy Ways)
  • How to Copy Conditional Formatting to Another Cell in Excel
  • How to Copy and Paste Formulas in Excel without Changing Cell References
  • How to Edit Cells in Excel?

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