Selecting Special Cells in Excel

Selecting special cells in a sheet, for example, cells containing Constants, Formulas, blank cells, and more, enables you to copy, move, delete, color, fill, or protect these cells.

We use ‘Go to special’ tool to select the constants, formulas, blank cells etc.

Let’s take an example and understand:-

We have credit card’s payment data in which we have details about payment received or not.

 

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How to select constant?

In constant, we consider numbers, text, logical, or errors. To select constant, follow the steps below:-

  • Press the shortcut key to open ‘Go to Special’ dialog box Ctrl+G.
  • ‘Go to’ dialog box will appear.

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  • Click on Special button.
  • ‘Go to Special’ dialog box will open.

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  • Click on Constants.
  • All constants will get active.

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  • Click on ‘ok’.
  • Entire data will be selected except the blanks and formulas.

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How to select Comment?

To select the comment containing cells follow the steps below:-

  • Press the shortcut key to open ‘Go to Special’ dialog box Ctrl+G.
  • ‘Go to’ dialog box will appear.

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  • Click on Special button.
  • ‘Go to Special’ dialog box will open.
  • Click on Comments.

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  • Click on ‘ok’.
  • All cells containing comments will get selected.

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How to select Formula containing cells?

To select formula containing cells, follow the steps below:-

  • Press the shortcut key to open ‘Go to Special’ dialog box Ctrl+G.
  • ‘Go to’ dialog box will appear.

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  • Click on Special button.
  • ‘Go to Special’ dialog box will open.
  • Click on Formulas.

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  • Only formula containing cells will get selected.

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How to select objects?

To select the objects follow the steps below:-

  • Press the shortcut key to open ‘Go to Special’ dialog box Ctrl+G.
  • ‘Go to’ dialog box will appear.

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  • Click on Special button.
  • ‘Go to Special’ dialog box will open.
  • Click on Objects.

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  • All the available objects in the sheet will get selected. Now we can move them, delete them and copy them.

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In this way, we can use ‘Go to Special’ option to select the objects, blanks and many more in Microsoft Excel.

 

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