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Default I can't delete a cell without deleting a row

I am using Excel on a work computer that someone else may have changed the
settings on.

I want to simply delete a cell, without deleing the entire row the cell
belongs to. Yet when I highlight the cell, and go to Edit - Delete, the
program asks me if I want to delete the entire row, and only gives me two
options: OK or Cancel. So I can't delete just one cell (and have all of the
lower cells shift up one).

When I right click, the 'delete' option is not present either. I tried
changing the menu properties to add the 'delete' function, but it will not
delete a cell without taking out the whole row.

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I have the same problem but I don't think it's a setting because I
didn't change anything.

I've noticed this happens occassionally when I'm doing a bit of cutting
and pasting. All of a sudden I can't delete cell contents, only rows.
I've tried saving document, closing it and re-opening but it doesn't
help. When I go into another excel file, I have no problem, it just
occurs in the the one file I was cutting and pasting in. so I think
it's something to do with that, possibly the Paste Values option?

Anyway, when it's occurred before, I've managed to do something that's
stopped it, i.e. I can delete cells again but I cant' figure out what!

Does anyone know what causes this to occur and how to 'turn it off'?


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I've figured out why Excel does this. I was using a filter on one of
the columns. If you're using a filter then it only comes up with the
'Delete Row' option. If you take the filter off so you're viewing all
the data then it allows you to delete cells.


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