How to quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges in Excel?
Sometimes you may need to format or delete some non-adjacent cells or ranges, and work will be easier if you can select these non-adjacent cells or ranges together firstly. And this article is going to brings you some tricky ways to select non-adjacent cells or ranges quickly.
Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with keyboards
Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with Go To command
Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with Kutools for Excel
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Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with keyboards
1. With Ctrl key
Just press and hold down the Ctrl key, and you can select multiple non-adjacent cells or ranges with mouse clicking or dragging in active worksheet.
2. With Shift + F8 keys
This does not require holding down keys during selection. Press the Shift + F8 keys firstly, and then you can easily select multiple non-adjacent cells or ranges in active worksheet.
Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with Go To command
The Microsoft Excel's Go to command can help you select non-adjacent cells or ranges quickly with following steps:
Step 1: Click the Home > Find & Select > Go to.
Step 2: In the Go To dialog box, enter the cell/range position in the Reference box.
Step 3: Click OK. Then all corresponding cells or ranges will be selected in the workbook. See screenshot:
Note: This method requires user to figure out the cells or ranges position before selecting them.
Quickly select non-adjacent cells or ranges with Kutools for Excel
If you have Kutools for Excel, its Select Range Helper tool can help you select multiple non-adjacent cells or ranges in the whole workbook easily.
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Step 1: Click the Kutools > Select Tools > Select Range Helper….
Step 2: In the Select Range Helper dialog box, check the Union Selection option. Then click or drag mouse to select required cells or ranges in the whole workbook. See screenshot:
Step 3: Then close the Select Range Helper dialog box. And the non-adjacent ranges will be selected.
For more detailed information about Select Range Helper, please visit Select Range Helper feature description.
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- Deselect cells from selected ranges
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