Insert, delete and move rows and columns

Insert, delete and move whole rows or columns, and see how the totals and formulas around them keep up.

Beginner · 10 min · 11 steps

In this lesson

  • Inserting makes room; deleting closes the gap; moving puts a row in a new place.
  • A whole row changes as one piece, and the formulas in it and around it follow.
  • A formula that adds up a range grows or shrinks with the range. You never retype the total.

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11 steps: 3 explanations, 5 Do this, 3 questions, then Your turn.

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Why your formula broke when you copied it

Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.

Beginner · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up

Do the free lesson on your computer.

Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.

On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/GX5R