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Desperately need a command or something!
I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the
pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help! |
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Mitch,
why dont you go to tools, macro, record marcro and create a shortcut that deletes 22 rows. In this process it also allows you to create a keyboard command that will initiate the macro. You'd have to put your cursor on the correct row, run the command, and then go to the next row. If you have a large set of data it could still take a little while, but will be simpler than just hi-lighting the rows and deleting them. Hope this helps. Red "mitch phelps" wrote: I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help! |
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On Feb 2, 11:08 am, mitch phelps <mitch
wrote: I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help! Hi Mitch, I think you would need some macro code for this as Excel doesn't have a shortcut of this type. You probably need something like this: This example deletes rows in the current region on worksheet one where the value of cell one in the row is the same as the value in cell one in the previous row. For Each rw In Worksheets(1).Cells(1, 1).CurrentRegion.Rows this = rw.Cells(1, 1).Value If this = last Then rw.Delete last = this Next Visit http://www.tayop.com.au/Courses/Exce...1/Default.aspx if you wish to learn VBA macros for Excel Cheers Mark |
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Hi Mitch,
You can use a helper column like this. Say your helper is col D. Put a 1 in D23 (D1 to D22 to be left blank) Then highlight D1:D23 Grag the fill handle and drag down to the end of your data, hold down Ctrl before letting go of the left button. This should leave D with 22 Blanks cells then a 1 followed by another 22 Blanks then a 1 etc. etc. down the page. Then highlight the top row of your data plus the helper And go to DataFilterAutofilter From the D dropdown select Blanks And delete all the rows that are left Turn Autofilter off and you should be done. HTH Martin "mitch phelps" <mitch wrote in message ... I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help! |
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Easily done with a macro. give an example of your data
-- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "mitch phelps" <mitch wrote in message ... I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help! |
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On 2 Feb, 00:57, "Don Guillett" wrote:
Easily done with a macro. give an example of your data -- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "mitch phelps" <mitch wrote in ... I need to delete muliple rows in the excel file and would like to repeat the pattern throughout the file as I'm looking for specific rows to keep and I have tons of rows. I'm looking for a shortcut instead of spending hours deleting rows. For example: I need to be able to delete 22 rows then skip one row, delete 22 rows then skip one row, and so on. I am really needing help!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If the rows you want to save are different each time and there is no easy way to identify them - you could try the following. Add a column that numbers all the rows - if you type 1 in the top row and 2 in the second row you can then drag the values down over the whole sheet. Then add another column with this formula copied into each cell: =IF(A2/3=INT(A2/3),"Save","") This example would return a value of "Save" into each cell where the row number is exactly divisible by 3. If you wanted to save every 23rd row you would change both 3's in the example to 23's. Once you've done this you should have a value of "Save" in your new column for each record you want to save. Now copy the entire contents of your new 2 columns and paste them back as values so the formulas don't break when you sort them. Sort by the the new 'save' column. Delete all the rows without the 'save' value. Now sort again by your new row number column and delete the contents of this column. Each time you want to do this you'll need to re-number the rows but you can leave the 'save' column. This isn't as efficient as setting up a macro but is very felxible. If you have any difficulty with it feel free to email me. http://www.justgiving.com/goodsamaritanit |
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