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There is no way to select non-adjacent cells as in normal Excel.

In order to tot-up figures, it is useful to be able to use Ctrl+click and select different cells. There is no functionality in Excel online to do this currently.

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completed  ·  excelonlineteam responded  · 

We are excited to announce that it is now possible to select non-adjacent cells in Excel for the Web.

There are still several functionalities that are not available on non-adjacent cells, but the Excel team is working to add them.

Please continue to leave feedback to help us improve.

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  • Andreea commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi,

    Still not working for me either.
    Please advise!

    Thanks a lot in advance!

  • VolkerS commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Will we ever see this on iOS version of excel????? We really need this basic tool!!

    Thanks

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    For the love of God, please add this function to IOS, it is really so basic that I don't understand why it doesn´t have it!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    While I can select now, I still can't make charts with the data that I select in non-adjacent cells. Honestly, why would anyone pay money for this product? It is not fully functional!

  • K Martin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Matt Luth - I am trying to select non-adjacent ROWS in my case, and still cannot do it by holding down control button. I need to hold control while I am on the row number. When I do, it brings up an "option" box -to cut, paste, etc. As I select the 3rd row, the first 2 become "unhighlighted. Thanks for any further help you can provide.

  • Matt Luth commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    K Martin, I am able to click into the first cell that I want to select, then hold down CTRL and click other non-adjacent cells to select them all at once to apply a highlight for example. I couldn't do that earlier in the year.

  • K Martin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Can I ask How? I still don't see where you tell us how. Please share!!!!! Frustrated Excel user :(

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    excelonlineteam (Admin, Office.com) responded · July 26, 2020
    We are excited to announce that it is now possible to select non-adjacent cells in Excel for the Web.

  • VolkerS commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is great and glad to see it on the web version , but can we now have it for our IOS version?

    Thanks a lot

  • Adam commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Fix this on the mobile apps too please. Some of use Office on Android/iOS with a keyboard you know Microsoft. Crazy I know!

  • Nathan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Just wanted to jump back into the conversation and thank MS for listening to the user feedback left here. It might have taken 5 years to get it done but I’m appreciative to have the functionality late over never. Very much appreciated!

  • Chris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    No freaking way, didn't think this would be added for another 5 years. A small feature, but definitely a big UX improvement for those of us who use multi-select constantly.

    Edit: It's working!!

  • Sean commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have a more recent version... I'm ctrl + clicking and it's still not working.

  • Marco Lodini commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It seems to be working now in consumer accounts and in certain tenants. Anyone experiencing the same thing?

  • shreyash Shah commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 on this, its very ridiculous that Microsoft devs didn't implemented this.
    Its not FEATURE, its FUNDAMENTAL FUNCTIONALITY.

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