Inserting, Moving, and Deleting Cells

There’s very little that’s more frustrating than creating a large worksheet and discovering that you forgot to enter data in a few cells. If you’re new to Excel, you might be tempted to cut the existing cells and paste them a few cells below their current location to make room for the new data. But that’s too much like work; there’s an easier way to insert a few cells to give you the room you need. Similarly, it’s not that difficult to move a group of cells to a new location in your worksheet or to delete a group of cells that contains data you entered by accident. After you insert or delete cells, you can choose how to move existing cells to fill in the space left by the deleted cells or to make room for the new cells.

Inserting Cells in a Worksheet

  1. Select the cells in the spot where you want to insert new cells.

  2. Click the Home tab.

  3. In the Cells group, click the Insert button’s down arrow.

  4. Click Insert Cells.

  5. Select the option button representing how you want to move the existing cells to make room for the inserted cells.

  6. Click OK.

    Inserting Cells in a Worksheet
    Inserting Cells in a Worksheet

Moving Cells in a Worksheet

  1. Select the cells you want to move.

  2. Move the mouse pointer over the outline of the selected cells.

  3. Drag the cells to the desired location.

    Moving Cells in a Worksheet

    Tip

    Tip

    As you drag the cells in the worksheet, Excel displays an outline where the cells would go when you release the left mouse button.

Deleting Cells in a Worksheet

  1. Select the cells you want to delete.

  2. Click the Home tab.

  3. In the Cells group, click the Delete button’s down arrow.

  4. Click Delete Cells.

  5. Select the option button representing how you want the remaining cells to fill in the deleted space.

  6. Click OK.

    Deleting Cells in a Worksheet
    Deleting Cells in a Worksheet

    Caution

    Caution

    Because Excel doesn’t highlight an entire row or column when you click a single cell, you can be a bit inaccurate if you attempt to delete a row or column by clicking a cell and then clicking the Entire Row or Entire Column option button in the Delete dialog box. It’s better to follow the procedure listed in the following section, where you click the row or column header, so you can see the entire row or column to be deleted.

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