87. Excel Tips - Turn Rows into Columns - TRANSPOSE

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Suppose you have data in rows, and you want to convert it to columns, how can you do that in Excel ?

  • Use the TRANSPOSE function
  • TRANSPOSE will flip data 90 degrees to convert row data to column data and vice versa.

Here's a screen shot of our data in Excel:

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Steps:

  1. Enter the formula: =TRANSPOSE(B8:B10) in cell E7
  2. Select Range E7:G7
  3. Press F2, then CTRL and SHIFT and ENTER

NOTE: TRANSPOSE is an Array function.

More about Array functions here:

Download sheet to practise how to Transpose - Turn Rows into Columns in Excel

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