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AmyYang
May 12, 2022Brass Contributor
How to paste into visible cells in excel only in table?
Hello, I am trying to copy and paste a column of numbers, but when I paste it into filtered table, excel also pastes it into the hidden cells as well. How would you advise I fix this? T...
- May 12, 2022
AmyYang Indeed, that's not possible. Hidden rows are just that. Hidden but still part of the range you copy into. Better to use a lookup function to "link" the two tables. Then you don't have to worry about the sort order either. INDEX/MATCH or XLOOKUP would work well in your case.
Riny_van_Eekelen
May 12, 2022Platinum Contributor
AmyYang Indeed, that's not possible. Hidden rows are just that. Hidden but still part of the range you copy into. Better to use a lookup function to "link" the two tables. Then you don't have to worry about the sort order either. INDEX/MATCH or XLOOKUP would work well in your case.
- AmyYangMay 12, 2022Brass ContributorHi Riny,
Understood, thanks kindly for your reply!
Regards,
Amy