https://github.com/cainhill/Text-To-Rows

An Excel Add-In that splits multi-value cells into separate rows
https://github.com/cainhill/Text-To-Rows

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An Excel Add-In that splits multi-value cells into separate rows

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cainhill/Text-To-Rows
• Owner: cainhill
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2022-03-03T01:07:36.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-03-03T02:45:55.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-09T02:19:49.631Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: excel, normalise, vba-excel
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• Size: 56.6 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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An Excel Add-In that splits multi-value cells into separate rows.

Great for office workers, university students, and geeks (this term used affectionately), who need to normalise their data sets.









## 📥 How to install

1. Download this file

2. Move this file to your Excel Add-Ins folder (C:\Users\\**YOUR_USER_NAME**\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns)

3. Navigate to Excel > File > Options > Add-ins > Go...

    - Check the box next to 'Text to Rows'

    - Click OK

4. Confirm that you have a new button on your toolbar, "Text to Rows"

5. Note: You may need to repeat steps 3 and 4 a few times to see the button appear as expected




## 📝 Usage

1. Select the range of cells containing the rows you want to split

    ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2561326/156479850-0698e4f5-b96c-4380-85cf-172a21311520.png)

2. Click on the Text to Rows button in Excel's Ribbon (Ribbon > Data > Data Tools > Text to Rows)

3. The add-in will split your cell while retaining the surrounding cells:

    ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2561326/156479878-ea8eb9d3-dd27-4c4a-b487-ccc5a5b66f76.png)

    

4. Celebrate good data




## ⚠️ Limitations and Known Bugs

- May error if an entire column is selected

- May seem unresponsive when applied to large sets of data (e.g. 1000+ rows)

- Has been built and tested on Windows 10 only




## 🔍 Key Words

Split Cells / Multi-Line / Excel / Normalise Data Set




## 🎨 License

Usage is provided under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full details.