flipping data

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beck339

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

The data I downloaded is in reverse order. I need to flip my columns where the last data cell in the column needs to be the first and the first needs to be the last. How do I do this without individually copying and pasting each cell.
 
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PhilD

The data I downloaded is in reverse order. I need to flip my columns where the last data cell in the column needs to be the first and the first needs to be the last. How do I do this without individually copying and pastingeach cell.



If no one else comes up with a better way, one better-than-copying-
each-cell sollution is this:

* Highlight all columns with content
* Move all content a few columns to the right (to give you some blank
work space on the left)
* Highlight the last column and move it to column A
* Highlight the new last column and move it to column B
* Repeat as necessary


Oh, I've had another idea.

* Move everything DOWN one row
* In ROW 1, put a sequential identifier (1 in call A1, 2 in cell A2,
and so on)
* Copy and paste everything into a fresh sheet, and "transpose" the
data (columns become rows, and vice versa). Check help for how to do
this: it's easy but I cannot remember off the top of my head and I'm
not at a Mac)
* All your identifiers should now be down the side. Sort on these to
reverse the order
* Copy and "transpose" this new list back into the original
* Delete your identifiers


In Windows (so there's probably something similar in Mac), you can do
Data -> Sort -> Options -> Sort left to right, so you could have a
play with that if it is in Mac (using some column identifiers as
above).


Something useful in there?

PhilD
 
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Bob Greenblatt

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

The data I downloaded is in reverse order. I need to flip my columns where the
last data cell in the column needs to be the first and the first needs to be
the last. How do I do this without individually copying and pasting each cell.
Am I not understanding your problem, but can't you just SORT the data? If
needed, generate a linear series in an extra column that goes from 1 to n
then SORT descending on this column.
 
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Harvey Waxman

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

The data I downloaded is in reverse order. I need to flip my columns where
the last data cell in the column needs to be the first and the first needs to
be the last. How do I do this without individually copying and pasting each
cell.

Add a new column. Put "1" in the first cell of the new column. Fill the
column as far as you need to with sequential numbers.

Sort everything based on the first column in descending order.

Delete the first column.
 
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PhilD

<rubbish>

Sorry: I mistook what you wanted. I thought a "sideways" sort was
required, but reading it again it looks like you want a vertical sort,
in which case Bob Greenblatt and Harvey Waxman have now answered.

PhilD
 

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