cainhill / text-to-rows

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

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

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:

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.