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    Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    I have data from a Genealogy Database that I have exported to a CSV file that was then converted to a Excel Workbook (.xlsx).

    In this conversion process I end up with every even numbered row in the Excel Worksheet from Row 5 to Row 423 with no data or blank.

    I would like to eliminate these blank rows. I can do this manually by deleting every row but this is a rather time consuming process. Is there any way to automate this?

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    If you import your .csv using PowerQuery, you can clean up the data during the import - that's what I'd do, filtering out the empty rows before loading to the sheet.
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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    or..another way...

    1. Select your whole worksheet by clicking the square to the left of column A and above row 1
    2. Press F5 key
    3. click 'special' (bottom left)
    4. select blanks
    5. finally...delete rows. (edit>delete)

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    Thanks for your response. I am not familiar with the use of a Power Query. I did search this on the internet and I could see where it could do what I want, but it would take some learning on my part.

    I decided to convert my information on my worksheet into a table and then did a sort and just eliminated the blank rows that way.

    I am going to continue to learn about the use of the Power Query. I was surprised to learn the basic book on Excel makes no mention of this type of query. The Power Query reminds me of some of the capabilities in Microsoft Access.

    Thanks again for your response, it triggered me to consider the use of a table.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    I found this method on the internet on You Tube. This method works fine is there are no blanks in any of the columns, which is the case in my worksheet. You tube also shows some alternate methods to the F5 approach. I did not use these approached as I solved my problem by just converting my Excel Worksheet to a table and then did a sort and eliminated the blank rows this way.

    Thanks for suggesting this approach, but as I mentioned it didn't work for my particular worksheet.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    If you provide a .csv file, I can show you how to set up PowerQuery. It’s very easy.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    Attached is basic example the CSV file I get when I export the report List of Individuals from Family Tree Maker 2019 software.

    My list of individuals had over 400 rows.

    This basic export is just a few rows but the steps to eliminate blank rows should be the same.

    I am not sure why the CSV export results in blank rows but it is a problem if you want to work with the data.

    If you could show me how to use a Power Query it would be appreciated.

    Thanks for your help.
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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    OK - here's what you need to do:

    1. Go to the Data ribbon and select From Text/CSV.
    2. Find and select your CSV file and click Import.
    3. Click Transform Data at the bottom - this will load the data to the PQ editor.
    4. With Column1 highlighted green, use the filter drop-down at the top of it to untick blank and empty rows (two boxes).
    5. Click on the table icon to the left of the Column1 header and select Remove Top Rows - type 1 into the dialog box and OK.
    6. On the Transform ribbon, select Use Top Row as Headers.
    7. On the Home ribbon, select the Close & Load drop-down and choose Close & Load To - choose Existing Worksheet and then the cell where you want the table to appear - OK.

    Your cleaned data table will appear in Excel:

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    Mouse, Minnie 07 Aug 1877 26 Nov 1893 7-Jun-47 Mouse, Mickey
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    Duck, Daisy Duck, Donald
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    Fudd, Elmer 28-Dec-14 24-Nov-40 6-Dec-12 Fudd, Elsa
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    Tarzan Jane
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    Anna 17-Jan-04 13-Nov-06 Kristoff
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    Kermit 01 May 1862 26 Nov 1893 21-Oct-19 Miss Piggy
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    Tink 08 Jun 1896 Terrence
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    Ariel 28-Apr-09 11-May-45 11-Oct-91 Eric
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    Simba 29 Oct 1894 1925 Nala
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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    I followed your instructions and they worked fine with the sample data, however when I tried it on my actual data I was not given the options of empty rows.

    I have attached a pdf file of the screen shots I get for the two different files.

    The top screen shot is for the sample data I sent to you and the bottom screen shot is when I tried it with the actual data.

    Do you know why I am not getting the option of empty rows. I thought I followed the instructions the same way for both files sample data and actual data?
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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    You have empty rows there, but no blank - that should be enough. You can't filter out what's not there! Should work fine.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    An alternative with VBA;

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    Thank you I tried again and it worked fine. I appreciate learning how to use Power Query for this task.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    No problem! Always glad to spread the word about PQ.

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    Re: Blank Rows on a Worksheet How Do I Eliminate

    Although the thread is marked as "SOLVED", my "revised" alternative in message #11 can also be used when PQ is unavailable.

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