Copying within a filter to another column within filter

[slay0r]

Hi All,

I'm really struggling with copying a range over from one column in my filter to another.

I've been using the following technique but no luck so far:

Select range
Ctrl + G
Go to special
Select visible cells only
Go over to range in another column
go to special
select visible cells only
Ctrl + V


This is then coming up saying it can't do multiple ranges, am I doing something wrong? I swear excel has lost some functionality over the years I used to find all of this easy

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Fluff]

Unfortunately, there is no way of directly pasting to visible cells only.
Either copy/paste each group of visible cells one by one, or you could use a macro to loop through the visible areas.

 

[Peter_SSs]

I swear excel has lost some functionality over the years I used to find all of this easy

Also, this is not lost functionality. Such copying of visible filtered values has always been the same - at least as far back as I can remember.

 

[Eric Golf]

One way round the issue is to use formulas. e.g. If 'copying' from Col A to Col B, say rows 2, 4 & 7, then in B2 put =A2. Copy this cell to the other visible cells in column B, B4 & B7, it should allow paste over non-contiguous cells. Unfilter then copy & paste special Col B as values to remove the formula.

Hope this helps,

Eric

 

[Peter_SSs]

One way round the issue is to use formulas. e.g. If 'copying' from Col A to Col B, say rows 2, 4 & 7, then in B2 put =A2. Copy this cell to the other visible cells in column B, B4 & B7, it should allow paste over non-contiguous cells. Unfilter then copy & paste special Col B as values to remove the formula.

Hope this helps,

Eric

Just noting that this would get the values across to the other column (which may be all the OP wants), but it would not transfer formatting, comments, data validation etc like a copy/paste would.