Skipping blanks

[Guest]

When I try to copy data and paste it without the blanks in between, I use the
paste special and check on the "skip blanks" box. However it does not work.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this, or why it is not working?

 

[Ian]

Skip blanks does not remove the blanks. It just means that if you paste over
existing data, the blanks will not overwrite the existing cells.

 

[Dave Peterson]

You could paste and then eliminate the blanks.

Select the pasted range
edit|goto|special
check blanks
edit|delete
shift cells up (or whatever you need)

If this doesn't work because of surrounding data, you could insert a new
worksheet, paste there, eliminate those blank cells and then copy this new range
and paste.

(Then delete the helper worksheet.)