Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. 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.
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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2016-06-21 19:30:11
Thomson
You also can use it with Table function to reduce chance of address error, also easier if you put the transpose table in other worksheet.
=TRANSPOSE(YourTableName[#All])
2016-06-21 09:28:39
marjatta
Hello,
how about pasting links so that references become absolute. In a small table one can add $-signs but in a large one it is really a bother. In earlier laptops F4 provided a shortcut for this but for a few generation already that does not work.
2015-12-21 06:55:07
Amin
Thank so so so much! You are genius!
2015-10-30 06:02:23
Lawrence
This lesson was very helpful. Thank you very much!
2015-08-04 07:11:53
Mahesh
I am using EXCEL 2010
Following the above formula
the entire range returns #Value.
What wrong am I doing?
Please advise
2014-12-18 09:59:11
Ahmed Sherif
Brilliant... Saved my Day, and many days to come.. This has baffled me for years and had to do it today without workaround.
2014-09-19 11:06:06
Ken O\'Connor
Thanks so much! I knew there had to be a way!
2014-09-07 12:23:58
Michael Kolman
Hi,
Is there a way to change the direction of formulas autofill - so once I copy a formula downwards in a column it'll gather data from the consecutive cell to the right (in the adjacent column) and not the consecutive cell down (in the same column)??
Thanks!
2014-05-29 11:25:29
Nico Zavala
great!!!!! very useful for data tables, a time saver!!! thanks!!!
2013-11-04 06:19:14
Alan Dawes
This works well - many thanks.
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