What is editing?Why do you need to edit data in excel
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Editing
There are many ways you can edit the data in your Excel sheets. Excel provides plenty of tools and features not only to edit your document, but also to customize the editing process. The following articles discuss techniques to edit efficiently in Excel and how to utilize the Review tab of the ribbon.
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A Fast Find-Next
Tired of the Find and Replace dialog box blocking the view of your worksheet when you are searching for information? Do what I do and get rid of the dialog box. Use the technique described in this tip to do your searching.
Adjusting a Range's Starting Point
Select a range of cells, and one of those cells will always be the starting point for the range. This tip explains how to change the starting point for a range without getting rid of the range itself.
Adjusting Formulas when Pasting
The Paste Special feature in Excel can be used to uniformly adjust values and formulas. This tip shows how powerful this feature can be.
Automatically Breaking Text
Want to convert the text in a cell so that it wraps after every word? You could edit the cell and press Alt+Enter after each word, but there's an easier way using a formula.
Automatically Moving from Cell to Cell when Entering Data
As you enter data in a worksheet, you may want to have Excel automatically move from cell to cell based on the length of what you are entering. This is not as easy to do as you might at first think, but there are ways to accomplish the task.
Can't Empty the Clipboard
The Clipboard is essential to move or copy information from one place in Excel to another. If you get an error when you try to complete an operation that relies on the Clipboard, this can be disconcerting.
Canceling an Edit
When editing a cell, you may want to cancel the edit at some point. There are two ways to do this, both described in this tip.
Cell Movement After Enter
What happens when you press Enter in a cell depends on how you have Excel configured. Here's the way you can control the action Excel takes.
Changing Months in a Workbook
When you copy a worksheet and then need to make changes to information in that worksheet (such as changing month names), the task can sometimes be daunting. Here are some ideas on how you can make the changes easier.
Changing Multiple Cells at Once
Excel includes several different methods of editing information in your cells. If you want to edit multiple cells all at the same time, you can use the techniques described in this tip.
Character Limits for Cells
Excel places limits on how much information you can enter into a cell and how much of that information it will display. This tip explains those limits, how you can work around them, and why upgrading your version of Excel may be beneficial.
Checking for a Value in a Cell
Need to figure out if a cell contains a number so that your formula makes sense? (Perhaps it would return an error if the cell didn't contain a number.) You can use the ISNUMBER function, described in this tip, to check for the value you need.
Checking for an Entry in a Cell
You may be looking for a way to have a formula determine if a particular cell has anything in it. Here's how you can find the information.
Cleaning Up Lists
When you have huge amounts of data you need to check for matches, Excel may not be the best tool to use. If you can fit the data within a worksheet, however, then you can relatively easily check for matches, as described in this tip.
Combining Columns
Need to concatenate the contents in a number of columns so that it appears in a single column? Excel has no intrinsic way to do it, but a macro can make quick work of the task.
Combining Multiple Rows in a Column
Do you need to concatenate the contents of a range of cells in the same column? Here's a formula and a handy macro to make quick work of your editing needs.
Concatenating Ranges of Cells
Putting the contents of two cells together is easy. Putting together the contents of lots of cells is more involved, as discussed in this tip.
Contingent Validation Lists
Data validation can be used to create lists of choices for entry into a particular cell. Using the techniques in this tip you can create multiple lists in which the second list is contingent on the choice in the first list.
Controlling Where You Edit Cell Contents
You can edit cell information either in the Formula bar or in the cell itself. Here's how you can configure Excel to specify where you want to perform your edits.
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