{"id":1038,"date":"2018-07-01T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2024-04-12T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:29:02","slug":"text-to-rows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/text-to-rows\/","title":{"rendered":"Text to Rows in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is an Excel tool that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/training\/splitting-text-using-text-to-columns-wizard\">converts text to columns<\/a>&nbsp;taking data from a single column and splitting it into multiple columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you won\u2019t find a similar tool that converts text to rows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to achieve this you have to do a trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text to Columns Wizard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to convert text to rows, first, you need to convert text to columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-rows-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1039\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select data from&nbsp;<strong>A1<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>A5<\/strong>&nbsp;and choose&nbsp;<strong>DATA &gt;&gt; Data Tools &gt;&gt; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/splitting-text-using-text-to-columns-wizard\/\">Text to Columns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"62\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1040\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new window will appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first step choose&nbsp;<strong>Delimited<\/strong>&nbsp;and click&nbsp;<strong>Next.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-first-step.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-first-step.png 507w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-first-step-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second step in the&nbsp;<strong>Delimiters,<\/strong>&nbsp;choose&nbsp;<strong>Comma.<\/strong>&nbsp;Under the&nbsp;<strong>Data preview,<\/strong>&nbsp;you can see how your data will look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-step-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-step-2.png 507w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/text-to-columns-step-2-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Converting columns to rows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, what you need to do it to select data from&nbsp;<strong>A1<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>D5,<\/strong>&nbsp;copy it, and right-click in a place where you want the new data to be pasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But instead of using normal pasting use&nbsp;<strong>Transpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/transpose.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/transpose.png 341w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/transpose-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how your data will look after applying some formatting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/final-result.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/final-result.png 427w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/final-result-300x85.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an Excel tool that&nbsp;converts text to columns&nbsp;taking data from a single column and splitting it into multiple columns. 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