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<topic id="textscalcguidetable_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rotating Tables (Transposing)</title>
<filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_rotate.xhp</filename>
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<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-09-27T12:46:22">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154346"><bookmark_value>tables; transposing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>transposing tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inverting tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>swapping tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>columns; swap with rows</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>rows; swapping with columns</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables; rotating</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>rotating; tables</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="table_rotate"><link href="text/scalc/guide/table_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Tables (Transposing)">Rotating Tables (Transposing)</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">In $[officename] Calc, there is a way to "rotate" a spreadsheet so that rows become columns and columns become rows.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Select the cell range that you want to transpose.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153191" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Choose <emph>Edit - Cut</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click the cell that is to be the top left cell in the result.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156286" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">In the dialog, mark <emph>Paste all</emph> and <emph>Transpose</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">If you now click OK the columns and rows are transposed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><link href="text/shared/01/02070000.xhp" name="Paste Special">Paste Special</link></paragraph>
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