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Old June 2nd, 2010, 04:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
CBB
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Default concatenate will not paste special

Hi
I am trying to concatenate first name and last name columns, all is good
till I copy and paste special.....It say copy and paste area is not the same
size...and it is. Here is the real dilemma, when I copy and past the data
into a new spread sheet and concatenate it works, except in certain records
it drops the actual name and I end up with a blank field, that causes great
grief when I send said data to another process that strips blank lines and
shifts remaining data up resulting in an absolute train wreck of srong names
to addresses. Help
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Old June 2nd, 2010, 04:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Don Guillett[_2_]
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Default concatenate will not paste special

If desired, send your file to my address below. I will only look if:
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3. You send a clear explanation of what you want
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"CBB" wrote in message
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Hi
I am trying to concatenate first name and last name columns, all is good
till I copy and paste special.....It say copy and paste area is not the
same
size...and it is. Here is the real dilemma, when I copy and past the data
into a new spread sheet and concatenate it works, except in certain
records
it drops the actual name and I end up with a blank field, that causes
great
grief when I send said data to another process that strips blank lines and
shifts remaining data up resulting in an absolute train wreck of srong
names
to addresses. Help


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Old June 2nd, 2010, 05:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Tom Hutchins
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Default concatenate will not paste special

Are there any hidden rows or columns within the range you are copying &
pasting?

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"CBB" wrote:

Hi
I am trying to concatenate first name and last name columns, all is good
till I copy and paste special.....It say copy and paste area is not the same
size...and it is. Here is the real dilemma, when I copy and past the data
into a new spread sheet and concatenate it works, except in certain records
it drops the actual name and I end up with a blank field, that causes great
grief when I send said data to another process that strips blank lines and
shifts remaining data up resulting in an absolute train wreck of srong names
to addresses. Help

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Old June 2nd, 2010, 06:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Gord Dibben
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Default concatenate will not paste special

Do you have any merged cells involved in this operation?

If so, get rid of them.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:33:01 -0700, CBB
wrote:

Hi
I am trying to concatenate first name and last name columns, all is good
till I copy and paste special.....It say copy and paste area is not the same
size...and it is. Here is the real dilemma, when I copy and past the data
into a new spread sheet and concatenate it works, except in certain records
it drops the actual name and I end up with a blank field, that causes great
grief when I send said data to another process that strips blank lines and
shifts remaining data up resulting in an absolute train wreck of srong names
to addresses. Help


 




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