troubleshoot inserting columns in a spreadsheet

[Guest]

Cannot insert columns in a worksheet - gives an error message:
To prevent possible loss of data, Microsoft Office Excel cannot shift
nonblank cells off the worksheet.
Try to locate the last nonblank cell by pressing Ctrl + End, and delete or
clear all in cells between the last cell and the end of your data. The
select cell A1 and save your workbook to reset the last cell used.
Or, you can move the data to a new location and try again.

I have followed the instructions, but no help.
any thoughts???

 

[Guest]

Hi Quinn,

Using the scroll bar at the bottom of your screen, scroll to the right as
far right as you can (to the very last column - IV)
Check the entire column for any stray data that you may have entered.
Once you find the cell with data in it (probably stray data) delete the
contents.
Then try to insert your column and you should be good.

Good luck!

Pamela

 

[Guest]

Pameluh - I deleted everything but the data before I posted, that didn't
work, so that is why I posted this question. What I ended up doing was
copying just the data and not the headings over to another worksheet and
saved it, then tried adding a column and that worked, so I copied the
headings over and then the inserting a column didn't work, so I ended up
typing in the headings again. Oh well, at least I can add a column now. I
never seen anything like this.
Thanks for trying.

 

[giselle thornton]

I too had this problem and no one could help! By trying the scroll bar method of locating the end of the document, as suggested on this site, I noticed that more of the screen was being selected than I wanted and this turned out to be because I had merged all the cells in some rows, right to the end of the workbook (IV). I unmerged them and that did the trick!

Hope this helps