Copy Paste Only Values in Merged Cells

[nagovind]

Kindly advise is there is a way to copy the data from the merged cells that contains a formula and paste in the same cell only the values

Thank you

 

[AliGW]

Don't use merged cells - they are more trouble than they are worth.

 

[AlanSidman]

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-people-against-merge-in-excel

 

[vletm]

nagovind
If You still would like to do that then ...
Select that merged cell,
copy with Ctrl+C and
after that use PasteSpecial with values-option.
... as You've written Yourself.

 

[Peter Bartholomew]

I suspect that the idea that merged cells represent a great evil, though representing received developer wisdom, depends very much on one's use case. After all, only a small proportion of sheets contain formulas (<5%) whereas over 50% contain merged cells.

My personal acceptance of merged cells (in particular to create form-like interfaces) stems from the fact that I do not employ the usual interactive practices of spreadsheet development which are built upon manipulation of the grid. For me, the sheet is simply a blank canvas and it is the objects (tables, named ranges, array formulas, pivot tables, charts … ) that I address by name. Their actual location is an irrelevancy determined by journalistic and graphic design considerations.

For coding purposes, I believe the address of a merged region is the address of its top-left cell but, then again, I never use cell coordinates to addresses the worksheet from VBA; I find range names and table names far more reliable.

The VBA required to convert a formula to its value is the somewhat odd looking line of code:

Sub ConverToValue()
[mergedCellName].Value = [mergedCellName].Value
End Sub

This works for a merged region just as it does for a single cell.

 

[nagovind]

Peter Bartholomew
Kindly advise how to use this macro

Sub ConverToValue()
[mergedCellName].Value = [mergedCellName].Value
EndSub

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This tool is doing the job but Microsoft itself is not providing the option for this
https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3301-excel-copy-merged-cells-to-single-cells.html

Regards

 

[Peter Bartholomew]

I read from the OP that the goal was replace a formula in a merged cell by its value.

To copy a value from a merged cell to a single cell manually then use 'copy' followed by 'Paste Value'.

To unmerge the cells from a macro but leave the string in place

Sub UnmergeTargetRange
    [targetRange].UnMerge
End Sub

… or you can simply click the 'Merge and Center' ribbon button.