If you want an image of your data, but live image (ie it should change if your data changes), then use the Paste Special > Linked picture option. Learn more about this trick used for date extraction. You can use this option to convert most types of text including comma separated values, fixed width values. The default options split text into words (by using space as a delimiter). This will launch the mildly powerful text import wizard of excel using which you can convert copied text to columns by defining some simple parsing conditions. For example, if you want to paste few lines of this blog post in an excel sheet but would like to see each word in a separate cell, you can copy the content here (CTRL+C), go to your excel sheet and use CTRL+V to paste the data and then click on the paste icon that appears at the bottom of the pasted cell and select “use text import wizard” option. This option is very useful when you are pasting data from outside. Paste text by converting it in to columns.Just use ALT+E S L to create an automatic reference to copied range of cells. If you want to create references to a bulk of cells instead of copy-pasting all the values this is the option for you. This will transpose copied values before pasting, thus converting rows to columns and columns to rows. How would you do that? Of course you can rely on trusty paste-special to do that little job for you. Convert rows to columns or columns to rows while pasting dataįor example you have large list of values in column A and you want to move (or copy) these values to row 1 across.Just copy row 1 values and use ALT + E S D. Manipulating with copied data while pastingįor example, if you have in Row 1 – 1 2 3 as values and in Row 2 – 7 8 9 as values and you would like to add row 1 values to row 2 values to get – 8 10 12, you can do this using paste special. Just use CTRL+V or ALT+E+P or one of those little paste icons on the context menu. This will reduce the amount of retyping you need to do. If you want to copy comments alone from certain cells to a new set of cells, just use ALT + E S C. Grab comments only and paste them elsewhere.Instead just paste column widths from your selection. You dont have to move back and forth looking for column widths or anything. So he wanted you to create another table to track sales and you want to maintain the column widths in the new table. You have created a table for tracking purchases and your boss liked it. Adjust column widths of some cells based on other cells.This is very useful when you created a form and would like to replicate some of the cells to another area. Love copy those input validations you have created but not the cell contents or anything, just press ALT+E S N. You can achieve the same effect by dragging the formula cell to new range if the new range is adjacent. Just copy the cells containing the formulas, hit ALT+E S F. If you want to copy a bunch of formulas to a new range of cells – this is very useful. Like that sleek table format your colleague has made? But don’t have the time to redo it yourself, worry not, you can paste formatting (including any conditional formats) from any copied cells to new cells, just hit ALT+E S T. Very useful when you want to strip away existing formatting and work with plain data. If you want to just paste the values from copied cells, just hit ATL+E followed by S and V.
But the truth is that it can quickly make your Excel file heavy. Here are seven tips to reduce your Excel file size right now: Tip #1: Remove conditional formattingĬonditional formatting comes in handy when you need to highlight specific data. As seen above, you can start by focusing on the heaviest worksheets. Pick any large Excel file you want to lighten. Here is the detailed guide for finding a sheet’s name. One way to know for certain you have the right sheet is to get the exact name. If you have a lot of hidden sheets, it can become tricky to find the right one. Usually, it corresponds to the n+1 sheet in your Excel file in the above example, we could start by trimming the twenty-seventh sheet.īe careful! The n+1 rule takes into account hidden sheets. For instance, “sheet26.xml” accounts for almost one-third of the global volume. Spotting the heaviest sheets can help you choose which to start with.
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