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I want to delete contents of some cells and then shift the cells up without modifying formulae in the same rows of the deleted cells.

Currently when I delete the cells and move the cells up to replace the deleted cells, any formulae in the rows of the deleted cells are modifed and reference cells incorrectly. I know I can delete the rows to get the desired result but I am doing many similar deletions which would mean I would have to copy the formulae again many many times.

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Rather than delete the rows, why not clear the contents & then sort.
 
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Sorting would not help as I need the remaining cells in the same order as they were before.

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terry87 said:
Sorting would not help as I need the remaining cells in the same order as they were before.

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Not a problem, you can add a helper column with the values 1,2,3 etc & then sort on that. That way your data remains in the same order but without the blank rows.
 
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Can you please expand on your suggestion....

I guess another solution would be to create a macro which selects the columns with the incorrect reference "#Ref!" and replace with correct reference "A1"
 
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If you had data like this, with the helper col H

<b>Excel 2013 32 bit</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(182, 170, 166)"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224)" /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);text-align: center;color: rgb(32, 17, 22)"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>G</th><th>H</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Postcode</td><td style=";">In Use?</td><td style=";">GridRef</td><td style=";">Helper</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">AL1 5EG</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL159070</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">AL10 9WX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL219072</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">AL2 1UX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL166039</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">AL2 2EJ</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL157017</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">6</td><td style=";">AL2 2EX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL154047</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">7</td><td style=";">AL2 3XZ</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL129021</td><td style="text-align: right;;">6</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">8</td><td style=";">AL2 3YT</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL126016</td><td style="text-align: right;;">7</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">9</td><td style=";">AL3 6AD</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL132069</td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:10.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid rgb(182, 170, 166);border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);color: rgb(32, 17, 22)">England postcodes</p><br /><br />

After clearing some rows you get

<b>Excel 2013 32 bit</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(182, 170, 166)"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224)" /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);text-align: center;color: rgb(32, 17, 22)"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>G</th><th>H</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Postcode</td><td style=";">In Use?</td><td style=";">GridRef</td><td style=";">Helper</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">AL1 5EG</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL159070</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">AL10 9WX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL219072</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">AL2 2EJ</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL157017</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">6</td><td style=";">AL2 2EX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL154047</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">9</td><td style=";">AL3 6AD</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL132069</td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:10.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid rgb(182, 170, 166);border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);color: rgb(32, 17, 22)">England postcodes</p><br /><br />

And then sort

<b>Excel 2013 32 bit</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(182, 170, 166)"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224)" /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);text-align: center;color: rgb(32, 17, 22)"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>G</th><th>H</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Postcode</td><td style=";">In Use?</td><td style=";">GridRef</td><td style=";">Helper</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">AL1 5EG</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL159070</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">AL10 9WX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL219072</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">AL2 2EJ</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL157017</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">AL2 2EX</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL154047</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">6</td><td style=";">AL3 6AD</td><td style=";">Yes</td><td style=";">TL132069</td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: rgb(32, 17, 22);text-align: center;">9</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:10.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid rgb(182, 170, 166);border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: rgb(240, 224, 224);color: rgb(32, 17, 22)">England postcodes</p><br /><br />
 
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Fluff that is brilliant. I have spent days on this. Thank you so much

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Glad to help & thanks for the feedback
 
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