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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers
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Tip 57: Transforming Data with and Without Using Formulas
Often, you have a range of cells containing data that must be transformed in some way. For example, you might want to increase all values by five percent. Or you might need to divide each value by two. This tip describes two ways to perform these types of transformations.
Transforming data without formulas
The following steps assume that you have values in a range and you want to increase all values by five percent. For example, the range can contain a price list and you’re raising all prices by five percent:
1. Activate any empty cell and enter 1.05.
You will multiply the values by this number, which results in an increase of five percent.
2. Press Ctrl+C to copy that cell.
3. Select the range to be transformed.
The range can include values, formulas, or text.
4. Choose Home⇒Clipboard⇒Paste⇒Paste Special to display the Paste Special dialog box (see Figure 57-1...
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