How to transpose cells left to right in Excel?
When we type values in Excel sheet, we usually type them from left to right, but in some cases, you might want to transpose cells from left to right, as shown in the screenshot below. There is no built-in feature in Excel that can help you to quickly solve it, but in this article, I’ll show you some tricks to help you.
Transpose cells left to right with VBA
Transpose cells left to right or up to down with Kutools for Excel
Transpose cells left to right with VBA
To transpose cells left to right quickly without formulas, you can use a VBA code.
1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, paste below code to the blank script.
VBA: Transpose left to right
Sub RearrangeColumns()
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Dim xLng, i As Long, LastRow As Long, Letters As Variant, NewLetters As Variant
Dim strTemp As String
On Error Resume Next
strTemp = Application.InputBox _
(Prompt:="Enter the column you want to transpose with comma separate", _
Title:="Kutools For Excel", Type:=2)
For i = Len(strTemp) To 1 Step -1
NewOrder = NewOrder + Mid(strTemp, i, 1)
Next i
LastRow = Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, LookIn:=xlFormulas).Row
Letters = Split(NewOrder, ",")
ReDim NewLetters(1 To UBound(Letters) + 1)
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For xLng = 0 To UBound(Letters)
NewLetters(xLng + 1) = Columns(Letters(xLng)).Column
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Range("A1").Resize(LastRow, UBound(Letters) + 1) = _
Application.Index(Cells, Evaluate("ROW(1:" & LastRow & ")"), NewLetters)
End Sub
3. Press F5 key to run the code, a dialog box appears for you to enter the column letters you want to transpose. Separate these column letters with commas, as shown in the screenshot below.
4. Click OK. Now the selection has been transposed left to right.
Transpose cells left to right or up to down with Kutools for Excel
If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can quickly transpose cells left to right or top to bottom with the Flip Vertical Range and Flip Horizontal Range utilities.
After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below: (Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)
Select the cells you want to transpose left to right or up to down, click Kutools > Range > Flip Horizontal Range/Flip Vertical Range > All or Only flip values. See screenshots:
Flip Horizontal Range > All: |
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Flip Horizontal > Only flip values: |
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Flip Vertical Range > All: | Flip Vertical Range > Only flip values: |
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