How to combine text from multiple cells?
 

How to combine text from many cells without writing each cell adress,
just the scope of cells?
Can I combine tex from cells A1 to A3 in a faster way than writing a
formula: '=A1&" "&A2&" "&A3' ? I need to find a way to combine text
from a really huge number of cells, like from B1 to B3489, and I want
to do it without writing every cell adress.


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If I were you, I'd consider saving the file as a text file, and opening in
Word and doing a find/replace. Even the =CONCATENATE function has a limit to
how many cells you can concatenate.
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How to combine text from many cells without writing each cell adress,
just the scope of cells?
Can I combine tex from cells A1 to A3 in a faster way than writing a
formula: '=A1&" "&A2&" "&A3' ? I need to find a way to combine text
from a really huge number of cells, like from B1 to B3489, and I want
to do it without writing every cell adress.


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To concatenate the contents of 3,489 cells would overrun the limit on the
number of characters in a single cell.

Anne's suggestion is probably the most expedient. Copy your SINGLE COLUMN
of data into a new spreadsheet. Save the file as a tab-delimited text file.

Open it in Word and do a find & replace, searching for ^p (Word's
representation of an end of paragraph mark) and replacing it with a space.



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How to combine text from many cells without writing each cell adress,
just the scope of cells?
Can I combine tex from cells A1 to A3 in a faster way than writing a
formula: '=A1&" "&A2&" "&A3' ? I need to find a way to combine text
from a really huge number of cells, like from B1 to B3489, and I want
to do it without writing every cell adress.


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J.E. McGimpsey has a User defined function that will concatenate cells.

You can find it at:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/udfs/multicat.html

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

sierra wrote:

How to combine text from many cells without writing each cell adress,
just the scope of cells?
Can I combine tex from cells A1 to A3 in a faster way than writing a
formula: '=A1&" "&A2&" "&A3' ? I need to find a way to combine text
from a really huge number of cells, like from B1 to B3489, and I want
to do it without writing every cell adress.

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