Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Excel in Microsoft 365, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Transposing and Linking.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 7, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Excel in Microsoft 365, and 2021
You may already know that you can transpose information by using the Paste Special abilities of Excel. The information that is pasted is not dynamic, however. In some instances it might be nice to have the transposed information always reflect what is in the original, un-transposed information.
Here's a cool way to transpose information and have it linked to the original information:
That's it. You've now got a dynamic transposed table, and any changes you make in the original are automatically reflected in the transposed version.
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2023-10-08 10:21:57
J. Woolley
If you have Excel 2021 or newer (Excel 2021+) with support for dynamic arrays, you probably already know it is unnecessary to pre-select blank cells as described in step 2 or use Ctrl+Shift+Enter (CSE) as described in step 4.
My Excel Toolbox's SpillArray function (described in UseSpillArray.pdf) simulates a dynamic array in older versions of Excel.
See https://sites.google.com/view/MyExcelToolbox
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