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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2018-05-18 05:16:31
Thomas Papavasileiou
A small but i think helpful addition to the operation method is to copy the area to transpose dynamically, select any cell that will not intersect with your data and use the built in paste special transpose command. As the transposed area is already highlighted, with focus on the first cell of that area, type the proposed formula and ctrl+shift+enter.
By using this approach, you don't have to count the rows and columns of the area to transpose and you don't have to preselect the area where the result will appear.
Regards
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