Select cell contents in Excel (2024)

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Select cell contents in Excel? ›

To select a larger range, it's easier to click the first cell and hold down the Shift key while you click the last cell in the range. You can scroll to make the last cell visible. To select an entire column or row, click the column or row header.

To select a larger range, it's easier to click the first cell and hold down the Shift key while you click the last cell in the range. You can scroll to make the last cell visible. To select an entire column or row, click the column or row header.

Press F5 or CTRL+G to launch the Go To dialog. In the Go to list, click the name of the cell or range that you want to select, or type the cell reference in the Reference box, then press OK. For example, in the Reference box, type B3 to select that cell, or type B1:B3 to select a range of cells.

To select a line of text, place your cursor at the start of the line, and press Shift + down arrow. To select a paragraph, place your cursor at the start of the paragraph, and press Ctrl + Shift + down arrow.

On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select, and then click Find. In the Find what box, enter the text—or numbers—that you need to find. Or, choose a recent search from the Find what drop-down box. Note: You can use wildcard characters in your search criteria.

How do you select cells in Excel without dragging? To select a range of cells without dragging the mouse, select the range of cells by using the shift key. First, select the range of cells by left-clicking on the first cell and then selecting the last cell while holding down the shift key.

The quickest shortcut to select an entire column in Excel is to use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar". This shortcut selects the entire column without requiring you to move your hand away from the keyboard.

To select all cells in a row below the active cell that contain data, press Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow. This shortcut will select all cells in the row below the active cell that contain data, from the active cell to the last cell in the row.

The most commonly used way to select multiple cells is to click and drag. You need to click on a cell and drag it over the spreadsheet.

Why can't I select a single cell in Excel? ›

This behavior occurs when you click to clear the Select Locked Cells check box (in the Protect Sheet dialog box) to prevent users from selecting any cells beyond the defined range.

Select a Range of Cells

You can also select a cell range by selecting the first cell of the cell range, pressing and holding the Shift key and selecting the last cell of the cell range. The cell range is selected.

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point. To select multiple areas that aren't next to each other, make your first selection, hold down CTRL, and then select any other items you want.

Select an entire line of text by holding down the "Shift" key and pressing "End", if you are at the beginning of the line, or "Home" if you are at the end of the line.

The keyboard shortcut "Ctrl-A" will accomplish the same result.

The MATCH function searches for a specified item in a range of cells, and then returns the relative position of that item in the range. For example, if the range A1:A3 contains the values 5, 25, and 38, then the formula =MATCH(25,A1:A3,0) returns the number 2, because 25 is the second item in the range.

To check if a cell includes a particular piece of partial text, use the Excel formula below: =IF(COUNTIF(A1,*abc*),Yes,No). In this example, cell A1 will return a Yes if the string abc appears anywhere in the cell, and a No otherwise.

Simply hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and then use the arrow keys to select the cells you want. You can also use this shortcut to select entire rows or columns. If you want to quickly move to the edge of the data in a worksheet, you can use the Ctrl+Arrow keys shortcut.

When you select a cell, the drop-down list's down-arrow appears, click it, and make a selection. Here is how to create drop-down lists: Select the cells that you want to contain the lists. On the ribbon, click the DATA tab, and click Data Validation. In the dialog, set Allow to List.

Select the cell or range of cells. Select Copy or press Ctrl + C. Select Paste or press Ctrl + V.

What does Alt H do in Excel? ›

You can also click anywhere in the table column, and then press CTRL+SPACEBAR, or you can click the first cell in the table column, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Note: Pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR once selects the table column data; pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR twice selects the entire table column.

However, sometimes you may need to select multiple cells or cell ranges that are separated. Here's how to do that... Click the first cell or cell range. Hold down the Ctrl key and select any non-adjacent cells or cell ranges.

When more than one cell is selected, the selection is called a range of cells. The active cell can move within the range. You may select more than one range of cells (non-adjacent) on a worksheet.

Then the question is which specific single cell the UE have to register. For this UE goes through a specific decision making process to pick up a specific base station (cell) to register, this specific decision making process is called 'Cell Selection'.

1)To select an individual cell, move the mouse to the left side of the cell until you see it turn into a black arrow that points up and to the right. Click in the cell at that point to select it.

Select Non-Adjacent Cells in Google Sheets

Holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and dragging over the required cells with the mouse is the only way that non-adjacent columns and cells can be selected in Google Sheets.

Select the cells which you only allow to change in a worksheet, right click on the selected cells, and then click Format Cells from the right-clicking menu. See screenshot: 2. In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Protection tab, uncheck the Locked box, and then click the OK button.

Show Rows That Contain Specific Text in Google Sheets

Click on the filter button next to Product (cell B2) and go to Filter by condition. In the drop-down list, choose Text contains.

How do I copy partial text from a cell in Excel? ›

The Excel MID function extracts a given number of characters from the middle of a supplied text string. For example, =MID("apple",2,3) returns "ppl".

LEFT returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify. LEFTB returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify.

To check if a cell contains a partial text in Excel, you need to create a formula, with the help of IF, COUNTIF, and wildcard characters. Wildcard characters help you define the partial text, then COUNTIF checks for partial value, and IF returns the result according to that.

For example, the formula =LEN() gives back the number of characters in a cell. So =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-2) extracts the entire text in a cell except the last two characters.

Extract Text Between Parenthesis

To extract the text between any characters, use a formula with the MID and FIND functions. The FIND Function locates the parenthesis and the MID Function returns the characters in between them.

To eliminate text before a given character, type the character preceded by an asterisk (*char). To remove text after a certain character, type the character followed by an asterisk (char*). To delete a substring between two characters, type an asterisk surrounded by 2 characters (char*char).