Help with merged cells

[Chesster]

I have a number of vertically merged cells showing one piece of text for all
merged cells in several different columns throughout my spreadsheet.

Ex. Column J has rows 2-16 merged and showing “C18378†only on row 16
And column L has rows 2-16 merged and showing “15138459†only on row 16
But Column J also has rows 17-30 merged showing “D78555†only on row 30
And column L has rows 17-30 merged and showing “13931973†only on row 30
.. . . etc.

I need to unmerge all of them and show the text in every cell.
My spreadsheet has over 30,000 rows in it; how can I do this easily?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Select columns J and L.

Format>Cells>Alignment. Uncheck "merge cells"

Now you have data in J1, L1, J17, J30 and of course the other former merged
cells below these.

Select J and L again then F5>Special>Blanks>OK

Type an = sign in active blank cell then point or arrow up to cell above and
hit CTRL + ENTER

If/when happy copy all and paste special>values>ok>esc.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP