Forum Discussion
How to edit cells
- Feb 27, 2023
Save the workbook before you do the following.
If you don't like the result, you can close the workbook without saving it.
Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.
Select Insert > Module (or press Alt+I, M) to create a new code module.
Copy the code listed below into the code window.
With the insertion point anywhere in the code, press F5 to run it.
Switch back to Excel to inspect the result.
If you won't need the macro anymore, save and close the workbook. Excel will display a warning that macros will be lost. Click Yes to save the workbook anyway.
If you'd like to keep the macro, save the workbook as a macro-enabled workbook (*.xlsm).
You will have to allow macros when you open it.
The code:
Sub InsertRows() Dim r As Long Dim m As Long Application.ScreenUpdating = False m = Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row For r = m To 2 Step -1 Range("A" & r).EntireRow.Insert Next r Application.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub
It would probably be possible with a macro, but we'd need to know more about the layout of your data.
Wouldn't it be easier to increase the column widths and/or the row heights?
- Zsmbek1963Feb 27, 2023Copper ContributorHi!
Unfortunately, increasing column widths or row is not an option. I am making a subtitle-translation for a theatre performance and for the subtitle-arranging program I have to leave one-cell spaces between each text-cell.
Being an absolute beginner in Excel, would you so kind to tell me, what is macro?
Thank you in advance:
Zsmbek1963- HansVogelaarFeb 27, 2023MVP
Do you want to insert an empty column in between the filled columns?
Do you want to insert an empty row in between the filled rows?
Or both?
- Zsmbek1963Feb 27, 2023Copper ContributorThe latter. I would like to insert empty row in between filled rows.