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Can this be done by someone who knows little about Excel
I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1
from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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Assuming all cells in your range are numbers, and all numbers need to be
decreased by 1. Type -1 in a cell, copy that cell Select your range, Paste Special -- Add Voila! -- John C "Nobody" wrote: I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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This is very easy
Enter 1 in a empty cell Copy that cell Select your cells with the values Right click on the Selection Choose Paste special Check Subtract OK -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "Nobody" wrote in message ... I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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Enter 1 in a free cell and copy that cell to the clipboard, Ctrl-C
Select all the numbers to be actioned Goto EditPasteSpecial, and in the Operation section, click the Subtract option OK out and clear the 1 from the previous cell -- __________________________________ HTH Bob "Nobody" wrote in message ... I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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The format was "general" I changed it to number and tried what all of you said and when I select special paste all I get is a box that gives me 2 options "Text" and "unitext" what should I do next? Thanks "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... Enter 1 in a free cell and copy that cell to the clipboard, Ctrl-C Select all the numbers to be actioned Goto EditPasteSpecial, and in the Operation section, click the Subtract option OK out and clear the 1 from the previous cell -- __________________________________ HTH Bob "Nobody" wrote in message ... I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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Hi,
You already been given the solution. The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. Notice there are three areas in the Paste Special box, in many cases you can make a selection from each area for a single command. Maybe more interesting and related to your question - you can use commands like Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide when copying a number, as you did, but pasting it on a formula. That means if you have a set of formulas and you want to adjust them by multipling all of them by 5, you could copy a cell containing 5 and using Paste Special Multiply to multiply each formula by 5 in a single step. And finally, the cell or cells you copy don't have to contain numbers, they can contain formulas. So it is possible to copy a range of formulas and paste special Add it to another range of formulas. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Nobody" wrote: I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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Thanks for the info but did you see that I said
I select special paste all I get is a box that gives me 2 options "Text" and "unitext" There are no other choices "ShaneDevenshire" wrote in message ... Hi, You already been given the solution. The paste special command is a very useful command which you should add to your collection of basic Excel techniques. As you might have noticed you can Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide as well as many other options. Notice there are three areas in the Paste Special box, in many cases you can make a selection from each area for a single command. Maybe more interesting and related to your question - you can use commands like Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide when copying a number, as you did, but pasting it on a formula. That means if you have a set of formulas and you want to adjust them by multipling all of them by 5, you could copy a cell containing 5 and using Paste Special Multiply to multiply each formula by 5 in a single step. And finally, the cell or cells you copy don't have to contain numbers, they can contain formulas. So it is possible to copy a range of formulas and paste special Add it to another range of formulas. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Nobody" wrote: I have a worksheet that has a column for quantities, I have to subtract 1 from the quantity of 120 rows. Other than doing it manually can I select those rows and do something that will subtract 1 from each of the cells I select. In other words if a cell currently has 9 and need it to be changed to 8 Thanks |
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