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    Pasting in Autofilter table (visible cells)

    Hello all,

    I have a table with many rows and many colums, and I'm using autofilter. This table is being filled in manually by looking at a PDF document (with technical specifications) and typing every single cell with a value. To do this i'm using autofilter to have the same order in excel as in my pdf, which makes typing a little easier.

    Every now and then I have a Lucky break and I see some technical specifications matches something I have already entered before. Then I copy the cells (visible only), and want to paste these cells in the next column (for example).

    There is where it goes wrong the cells are then pasted also in the non-visible cells...

    Never had this problem before (I think) working with excel2007, now i have excel 2013...

    Anyone has any idea's?

    Kind regards,
    Peter

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    Re: Pasting in Autofilter table (visible cells)

    Hi Peter,

    When I'm faced with this issue, I get around it be entering a formula in the new column and dragging it down the necessary number of rows. I then unfilter, select the cells in the column (or the whole column if it consists of values only) into which I've just typed these formulae, copy and Paste Special/Values to remove the formulae and leave values only.

    So, for example, if you are wanting to copy the filtered contents of column C into column D beginning in row 3, enter this formula in D3 and drag down (this method does not go into the filtered cells): =C3. Then unfilter, and convert the new formulae to values.

    It's not a wonderful solution but until (hopefully) someone posts a better one it's something for starters.

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    Re: Pasting in Autofilter table (visible cells)

    Hi,

    Thanks for your answer, always appriciate it!

    I will use this in the meantime so thanks... But I can't get over the fact that there isn't a simple option with a check/uncheck that will do will do this!!!

    Peter,

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    Re: Pasting in Autofilter table (visible cells)

    Agreed. Pasting into filtered rows only just isn't something that Microsoft have made possible yet (at least without VBA). I was hoping they might've got round to it in 2013, but now you've dispelled those hopes...(though your profile says 2003?)

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