Getting to last used cell
 

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

CTRL+END

Dave
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"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

Try saving the workbook and reopening it.

http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#Unused


"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

Well that did work. I just had to go all the way to row 65536 to delete all
of them, but now I can CRTL +End and get to the last filled cell on my
worksheet.

Thank you.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

Shortcut.................

Select row 1309 then SHIFT + End + DownArrow to select to 65536.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:57:11 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Well that did work. I just had to go all the way to row 65536 to delete all
of them, but now I can CRTL +End and get to the last filled cell on my
worksheet.

Thank you.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

'Ah ha !!' said the blind woman. Thank you so much.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Shortcut.................

Select row 1309 then SHIFT + End + DownArrow to select to 65536.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:57:11 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Well that did work. I just had to go all the way to row 65536 to delete all
of them, but now I can CRTL +End and get to the last filled cell on my
worksheet.

Thank you.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

I believe that *jumps* to the last row.

To *select* to the last row:
<Ctrl <Shift <DownArrow
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Regards,

RD

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"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
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Shortcut.................

Select row 1309 then SHIFT + End + DownArrow to select to 65536.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:57:11 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Well that did work. I just had to go all the way to row 65536 to delete
all
of them, but now I can CRTL +End and get to the last filled cell on my
worksheet.

Thank you.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must
SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have
used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried
selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but
it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End),
however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have
some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what
the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell
will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys
which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several
times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column
hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a
cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last
cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to
change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a
spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

Would have saved you some scrolling if I had included that in my original
post<g

But now you know for future.

Help "keyboard shortcuts" will show you a ton of these tricks.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:42:00 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

'Ah ha !!' said the blind woman. Thank you so much.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Shortcut.................

Select row 1309 then SHIFT + End + DownArrow to select to 65536.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:57:11 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Well that did work. I just had to go all the way to row 65536 to delete all
of them, but now I can CRTL +End and get to the last filled cell on my
worksheet.

Thank you.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

After deleting.....not clearing.........the rows below 1308 you must SAVE the
workbook for your changes to take effect.

Excel commonly over-estimates the used range of a worksheet if you have used
those cells at one time then just cleared the contents.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:36:01 -0800, A Big Dummy
wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

I am using excel 2003.

"JMB" wrote:

You could try Edit/GoTo/Special - last cell (or Control+End), however,
sometimes the last cell does not have data in it (it could just have some
formatting done to it - or sometimes excel gets confused as to what the last
cell is). Also, if you have data in cell D14 and F11, the last cell will be
F14 (intersection of the last row/last column).

You can also hold down the Control key and hit one of the arrow keys which
will take you to the end (you will have to hit the arrow key several times if
there are breaks in your data - or select a cell in an empty column hit
Cntrl+Down Arrow to go the the bottom of the sheet, then click on a cell in
the column you want and hit Cntrl+Up Arrow).

Or you could try a macro, but depending on what you consider the last cell
(in the above example, would it be cell D14 or F11), you may need to change
Searchorder from xlByRows to xlByColumns.

Sub Macro1()
Cells.Find(What:="*", _
After:=Range("A1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
MatchCase:=False).Activate
End Sub

"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Hello All,
Is there a shortcut for getting to last filled/used cell in a spreadsheet ?

Getting to last used cell
 

RD

In all versions of Excel ever worked with, I have used SHIFT + End + DownArrow
to select all from start row/cell to 65536(16384 on 95 version)

Maybe you are thinking of just End + DownArrow without the SHIFT

Yes..........CTRL + SHIFT + DownArrow does the same job.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:57:12 -0800, "Ragdyer" wrote:

I believe that *jumps* to the last row.

To *select* to the last row:
<Ctrl <Shift <DownArrow

Getting to last used cell
 

You need to delete both columns and rows beyond your last used cell and save
the file.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"JMB" wrote in message
...
Try saving the workbook and reopening it.

http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#Unused


"A Big Dummy" wrote:

Thanks for the input.
Ctrl + End goes to cell G 1643 and my data ends at F 1308.
I do not understand why it goes to that cell as my end. I tried
selecting
all the blank rows after 1308 and deleting them and clearing them, but it
still goes there.

Getting to last used cell
 

You're right Gord.
I just have to learn how to read English.

I *thought* I saw:
<Ctrl <End <DownArrow

I don't know if it's the eyes or the brain that's going.
I'm sure it has *nothing* to do with the adult beverages!<bg
--

Regards,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
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"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
...
RD

In all versions of Excel ever worked with, I have used SHIFT + End +
DownArrow
to select all from start row/cell to 65536(16384 on 95 version)

Maybe you are thinking of just End + DownArrow without the SHIFT

Yes..........CTRL + SHIFT + DownArrow does the same job.


Gord

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:57:12 -0800, "Ragdyer" wrote:

I believe that *jumps* to the last row.

To *select* to the last row:
<Ctrl <Shift <DownArrow

Getting to last used cell
 

RD

I'm beginning to think some of us are getting too old for this job<g

Eyesight, comprehension, attention span..........all waning.


Gord

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:08:49 -0800, "RagDyeR" wrote:

You're right Gord.
I just have to learn how to read English.

I *thought* I saw:
<Ctrl <End <DownArrow

I don't know if it's the eyes or the brain that's going.
I'm sure it has *nothing* to do with the adult beverages!<bg