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Thu 28 Jun 2018, 12:44 Delegate Liz said...

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Excel won't insert rows -

Excel won't insert rows - says it cannot shift nonblank cells etc. We have tried deleting empty rows. However CONTROL END still goes to row 1048576 which is way way beyond the range of the data

Thu 28 Jun 2018, 13:25 Trainer Jens said...

RE: Excel won't insert rows -

Hi Liz,

Thank you for the forum question.

If Ctrl End brings you to row 1048576 you have something stored in the rows all way down to row 1048576. Select all blank rows and Clear All. Delete does only delete visible information not invisible. Please let me know if this doesn't solve the issue.

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