How to paste values to visible/filtered cells only in Excel?
In Excel, if you have filtered data or hidden some cells, and when you paste values into the filtered or hidden range, the hidden cells will be also filled with pasted values. Here I will tell you some tricks to paste values to visible cells only in Excel.
Paste values to visible cells with VBA
Paste values to visible cells with Paste to Visible Range of Kutools for Excel
Paste values to visible cells with VBA
In Excel, there is no other ways to solve this problem except VBA.
1. Press Alt + F11 keys simultaneously, and a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window pops.
2. Click Insert > Module, then paste below VBA code to the popping Module window.
VBA: Paste values to visible cells only.
Sub CopyFilteredCells()
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Dim rng1 As Range
Dim rng2 As Range
Dim InputRng As Range
Dim OutRng As Range
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
Set InputRng = Application.Selection
Set InputRng = Application.InputBox("Copy Range :", xTitleId, InputRng.Address, Type: = 8)
Set OutRng = Application.InputBox("Paste Range:", xTitleId, Type: = 8)
For Each rng1 In InputRng
rng1.Copy
For Each rng2 In OutRng
If rng2.EntireRow.RowHeight > 0 Then
rng2.PasteSpecial
Set OutRng = rng2.Offset(1).Resize(OutRng.Rows.Count)
Exit For
End If
Next
Next
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub
3. Click F5 key or the Run button, then a dialog is popping out for you to select values to copy. See screenshot:
4. After selecting values, click OK, then another dialog pops out to select a range to paste the selected data. See screenshot:
5. Click OK. You can see only the visible cells are pasted the selected values.
Paste values to visible cells with Paste to Visible Range of Kutools for Excel
Actually, if you use Paste to Visible Range utility of Kutools for Excel – a handy Excel tool, you can quickly and easily solve the problem of pasting values to visible range.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)
1. Select a range of values you want to copy and paste, then click Kutools > Range > Paste to Visible Range > All or Only Paste Values. See screenshot:
2. Then a Paste to Visible Range dialog pops out, and select the range you want to paste the values. See screenshot:
3. Click OK. Now the selected values are pasted into the visible range only.
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Paste to Visible Cells Only
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