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Deleting cells and shifting "right"
Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I
shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Thanks. |
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Deleting cells and shifting "right"
There is no such an option for shifting cells right. I think most users start
using a spreadsheet from left to right (I'm not about the Indian users. But even Chinese users do.) Therefore, normally, cells near the far right hand side of the spreadsheet is likely to be empty. So, there should normally be no problem creating new cells at the far right when shifting cells to the left. If shift to the right, new empty cells will be creating on the left of the worksheet, ie. column A, B, C, etc., which is likely to create problem in most spreadsheets. Therefore, normally, if you can allow the cells to shift right, you'd better move the cells to the right instead. The case is very similar to that extremely few users would start using a spreadsheet from row 65536 and then upward. There will need to be an option in Excel to allow the default startup selection of a worksheet in cell IV6536 then. Regards, Edwin Tam http://www.vonixx.com "CDWhite" wrote: Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Thanks. |
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... Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Insert, rather than Delete Select the range of cells where you want the blanks inserting, then right click, choose "Insert", then choose "shift cells right". An alternative is to select the range of blanks you've got on the right, Cut, then select where you want to insert, right click & Insert Cut Cells -- David Biddulph |
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Thanks David and Edwin for the effort, but neither of the responses really
work for me. I believe I will have to create a short and sweet macro to go one by one down the data records (all the rows) and sort by row (not column) for each row. Thanks again. Chris "David Biddulph" wrote in message ... "CDWhite" wrote in message ... Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Insert, rather than Delete Select the range of cells where you want the blanks inserting, then right click, choose "Insert", then choose "shift cells right". An alternative is to select the range of blanks you've got on the right, Cut, then select where you want to insert, right click & Insert Cut Cells -- David Biddulph |
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Deleting cells and shifting "right"
Thanks David and Edwin for the effort, but neither of the responses really
work for me. I believe I will have to create a short and sweet macro to go one by one down the data records (all the rows) and sort by row (not column) for each row. Thanks again. Chris "David Biddulph" wrote in message ... "CDWhite" wrote in message ... Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Insert, rather than Delete Select the range of cells where you want the blanks inserting, then right click, choose "Insert", then choose "shift cells right". An alternative is to select the range of blanks you've got on the right, Cut, then select where you want to insert, right click & Insert Cut Cells -- David Biddulph |
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To shift your cells 3 places to the right, ie, to shift A1, B1 and C1 to C1, D1 and E1, select A1:C1 (3 cells for 3 spaces etc) and Insert, Shift Cells Right -- CDWhite Wrote: Deleting cells prompts for shifting cells left, but not right. How can I shift cells right? I am working data records (rows) with seven fields (columns); for example: 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK How can I shift the data to the right? BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK 1/1/2005 2/1/2005 3/1/2005 I orignally tried selecting BLANK cells and deleting but I can only shift left. Is there another way? Thanks. -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=532860 |
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