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Vertical Scroll encompasses a million rows, most of which are blank
Do the following in the desktop version of Excel.
Select the first entirely blank row by clicking on its row number.
Hold down Shift and drag the 'thumb' of the vertical scroll bar down until you see row 1048576.
Hold down Shift and click on the row number of row 1048576.
This will select everything from the first blank row to the bottom of the worksheet.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click Clear > Clear All.
Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.
Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window.
Type ActiveSheet.UsedRange and press Enter.
Switch back to Excel and save the workbook.
Does the vertical scroll bar now act normally?
Do the following in the desktop version of Excel.
Select the first entirely blank row by clicking on its row number.
Hold down Shift and drag the 'thumb' of the vertical scroll bar down until you see row 1048576.
Hold down Shift and click on the row number of row 1048576.
This will select everything from the first blank row to the bottom of the worksheet.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click Clear > Clear All.
Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.
Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window.
Type ActiveSheet.UsedRange and press Enter.
Switch back to Excel and save the workbook.
Does the vertical scroll bar now act normally?
Hello, I have the same problem, but only have Excel 365... no desktop version. I'm stuck at Alt+f11. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
HansVogelaar Hello! I am having the same issue, but columns instead of rows. I am not on the desktop version, it's a spreadsheet we are all sharing on OneDrive. Would these instructions apply for me as well? Also, what is a "thumb"? 😞 Sorry, not super excel savvy
UPDATE! I googled what thumb was and was able to do it. It worked for me.
Thank you so much!
- Thank you! That worked! I appreciate your help.
