How to insert a blank row after specific text in Excel?
If you want to insert blank rows after a specific text as following screenshot shown, how to deal with it quickly and easily without inserting them manually one by one?
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Insert blank rows after specific text with VBA code
Insert blank rows after specific text with VBA code
You can apply the below VBA code to insert blank rows after the specific text you need, please do as this:
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Insert blank rows after the specific text
Sub Insertrowbelow()
'updateby Extendoffice
Dim i As Long
Dim xLast As Long
Dim xRng As Range
Dim xTxt As String
On Error Resume Next
xTxt = Application.ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
Set xRng = Application.InputBox("please select the column with specific text:", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
If xRng Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If (xRng.Columns.Count > 1) Then
MsgBox "the selected range must be one column", , "Kutools for Excel"
Exit Sub
End If
xLast = xRng.Rows.Count
For i = xLast To 1 Step -1
If InStr(1, xRng.Cells(i, 1).Value, "In progressing") > 0 Then
Rows(xRng.Cells(i + 1, 1).Row).INSERT shift:=xlDown
End If
Next
End Sub
Note: In the above code, you can change the text value “In progressing” to any other values that you desired from the script If InStr(1, xRng.Cells(i, 1).Value, "In progressing") > 0 Then.
3. Then, press F5 key to run this code, in the popped out dialog box, select the column data contains the specific text you want to use, see screenshot:
4. And then, click OK button, and the blank rows have been inserted after the certain text you specified, see screenshot:
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