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This was really helpful thanks

I'm not one who comments a lot, but this worked like a charm and was clearly explained. Thanks!!

Thanku so much....this came like a big rescue for me.....

Muchas gracias, excelente aporte

Nice solution

In the above example, if I filter as ORDER < 300 (column B), the border after each PRODUCT (column A) is lost.. How can it be achieved..?

Thanks a ton! This was exactly the issue that i had and was able to solve because of your explanation.

What if your data has empty merged cells? Something like:

|Column A | Column B|
| Data 1 | bla |
| | blubb |
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| Data 3 | bla bla |
| | blubb blubb |
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| Data 5 | |
| | |
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| Data 7 | bla blubb |


How can you solve this?

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Thank you so Much

Thank you for tutorial. I am using this for a dashboard template, however when you add a new row you loose the ability to filter correctly? Is there a workaround for this? Something simple that someone with little excel knowledge can do?


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Great.......

Great Help. Thank u so much... :)

For those wondering why this works, it's because the merge button in excel executes the "Merge" command, which inherently involves deleting data in other cells. Using Format Painter just applies the merged format.

To put it in simple terms, think of it as the merge button on the Excel Ribbon doing two things:
1) Merge cells
2) Delete excess data

By using the Format Painter, you're just doing step one of that process without doing step two. You achieve the same results if you "Paste Special-Formats Only". Also, since the "sub cells" refer back to the first cell for their value, they will all get changed when you change the value of the cell, since changing the value of a merged group of cells only changes the top-left cell in the group.

I still have yet to find a quick way of doing this without VBA shenanigans. I really wish Microsoft included a merge option that didn't erase the other values. They give you the warning up front that they'll delete your data. You think it wouldn't be too much trouble to add an option to change that (at least, as of v2013).

HELP!!

I have made a spread sheet, row A contains merged cells then the next 3 rows contain the week day, the date and 2 columns with other data so there are 14 columns below the merged cells in the first row. I am trying to add a filter to the top row so that all information that will be entered into the 7 columns below will be included in the drop down filter menu as just now it just includes the information in the first column.

I would appreciate any help with this!!

Thank you!!

this help me a lot!thanks

That 's great
You solved all my problem.

This is an elegant solution. Many thanks.

Hi,

Is it possible to paste this conditional format to new entries?
I've applied your method in my file, but each time I create other raws with merged cells, the format does not get pasted...

2 simple words:

THANK YOU!

Nice Tip.

Thanks a Ton....!

I've have merged rows in my data at the top and at the bottom . I want to sort my data from largest to smallest without unmerging my top and bottom rows because these merged rows have no data instead they are just headings and at the bottom they are total rows

This was very helpful. The detailed diagrammatic exampled assisted a lot. Good job

Very good and useful explanation. Thank you for the effort.

very helpful to me thanks for saving my time, it really very helpful to learn easily once again thanks.

It works, but for some reason in big files, when I use the filter, the whole file freezes up. does anyone know why?

Awesome explanation.
Work perfectly. Thank you so much

first its good example.
But if we add new value again we have to do same work

Awesome! Thanks a bunch! Even when i had to read other posts simultaneously since i'm on Mac, still this was the key to everything. If i had a million dollars i'd share half with you :P !

Amazinggg .. been looking for this tutorial! :)

KUDOS!

Work perfectly. Thank you so much

How to filter all related data from merged cells in Excel? Firstly Thanks!!! this worked perfectly. the steps are very clear and resolved my problem. But do we have any macros for this because the sheet i'm working is continuously updated by my team so i need to do this procedure every day or whenever who pulls this report, So i need macro for this. can anyone help. Thank you very much.

Wah...Excellent Solution Thanks :)

thanks for this tutorial:)

First of all, many thanks for this. This is the perfect solution to an irritating problem, and the only real answer to this question I have seen anywhere.

I am curious, though, about if there is any other way to achieve the same final result without using the format painter. It seems very odd to me (almost like an unintended error on Microsoft's part) that the format painter would lead to a different final result than can be achieved through ribbon buttons/menus/etc. I always thought the format painter was a convenient shortcut, but I had never previously seen it lead a to a result that can't be achieved any other way.

I experimented with this quite a bit, and I noticed that when the above procedure is used, the individual cells retain their values after the merge is applied via the format painter. Actually, this is true even if the cell values were different (which can be dangerous because it could lead one to believe they are referencing the visible value in the merged cell, when in fact the underlying value can be different).

Without the format painter, merging cells causes all but the top left cell values to be replaced with 0.

I'm glad this little anomaly exists because it will greatly improve the functionality of my spreadsheet, but I would still appreciate it if anyone has more explanation.

Doesn't work, when I filter again it only displays one row.
At least when dealing with multiple columns, with different merge-levels.. And yes I made sure that when unmerging the text still remains in all cells. Frustrating.. had hopes with my precious excel but seems I'll have to rethink the whole thing.

First of all, thanks for this awesome solution. It certainly does the trick. But I'm wondering if anyone can explain why the format painter causes the merged cells to keep their underlying value while the regular merge function does not. There seems to be no way to achieve this result without using the format painter, which is odd (I always thought the format painter was only for convenience - anything it does can also be achieved via other means).

I tried a little experiment as follows:
-Cells A1 through A4 merged using the "Merge & Center" button. Entered "ABC" as the value.
-Cells B1 and B2 had "ABC" as the value, but B3 and B4 had "DEF" as the value. Then I applied the format painter from A1:A4 to B1:B4.
- Entered formulas elsewhere in the sheet that referenced each of the individual cells. Here are the results:
=A1 displays "ABC"
=A2 displays 0
=A3 displays 0
=A4 displays 0
=B1 displays "ABC"
=B2 displays "ABC"
=B3 displays "DEF"
=B4 displays "DEF"

So even though B1:B4 appear merged and only display the value in B1 ("ABC"), Excel is keeping the original individual values for each cell in memory (even if they don't match!). And the only way to achieve seems to be with the format painter. Very odd.

I would be very grateful if anyone has more thoughts on this.

Excellent, Thanks Man

Excellennt...thank you so much

This is genius. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks for the help... Great info... :-)

That's an excellent solution thank you!

Is there anyway to ensure the information from the merged cell is copied when filtered? I seem to just get a blank cell copied

any help would be greatly appreciated

This was a HUGE help to me on a big project. This is a great skill I will utilize in the future. Thank you for explaining it so well.

good soultion. thanks....

Brilliant! Such a good clear explanation - saved hours of work-arounds - thank you!

Thanks for your help, It really works

Brilliant solution. Thanks!