How to Select, Insert, Delete and Move Data in Excel

Last updated on Sep 27 2021
Hitesh Doshi

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How to Select, Insert, Delete and Move Data in Excel

In MS Excel, there are 1048576*16384 cells. MS Excel cell can have Text, Numeric value or formulas. An MS Excel cell can have maximum of 32000 characters.

Inserting Data

For inserting data in MS Excel, just activate the cell type text or number and press enter or Navigation keys.

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Inserting Formula

For inserting formula in MS Excel go to the formula bar, enter the formula and then press enter or navigation key. See the screen-shot below to understand it.

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Modifying Cell Content

For modifying the cell content just activate the cell, enter a new value and then press enter or navigation key to see the changes. See the screen-shot below to understand it.

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Select Data in Excel

MS Excel provides various ways of selecting data in the sheet. Let us see those ways.

Select with Mouse

Drag the mouse over the data you want to select. It will select those cells as shown below.

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Select with Special

If you want to select specific region, select any cell in that region. Pressing F5 will show the below dialogue box.

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Click on Special button to see the below dialogue box. Select current region from the radio buttons. Click on ok to see the current region selected.

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As you can see in the below screen, the data is selected for the current region.

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Delete Data in Excel

MS Excel provides various ways of deleting data in the sheet. Let us see those ways.

Delete with Mouse

Select the data you want to delete. Right Click on the sheet. Select the delete option, to delete the data.

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Delete with Delete Key

Select the data you want to delete. Press on the Delete Button from the keyboard, it will delete the data.

Selective Delete for Rows

Select the rows, which you want to delete with Mouse click + Control Key. Then right click to show the various options. Select the Delete option to delete the selected rows.

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Move Data in Excel

Let us see how we can Move Data with MS Excel.
Step 1 − Select the data you want to Move. Right Click and Select the cut option.

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Step 2 − Select the first cell where you want to move the data. Right click on it and paste the data. You can see the data is moved now.

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