Advanced Numbering in Excel 2010

Hello -
We have a large excel spreadsheet with manually entered numbers going down one column and data going across in the rows. There is a blank line every 5 numbers and the numbers continue in sequence after the blank line. We would like to move a column
and keep the number sequence. So for example, I have columns 1 - 5 then a blank and then columns 6 - 10. I would like to move column 4 to just above column 9 and have excel readjust the numbering so that column 4 becomes column 9 and column
9 becomes column 10. Is this possible in Excel? I know it's possible in Word but I am not sure in Excel. NOTE: I have already attempted filtering and utilizing the COUNT function - neither works for this scenario.
Thanks!
Liela
Liela M. Fuller

Your use of rows and columns seems a bit confused. For example, I am guessing that everywhere you used the word column in this statement you actually mean row
<We would like to move a column and keep the number sequence. So for example,
I have columns 1 - 5 then a blank and then columns 6 - 10. I would like to move column 4 to just above column 9 and have excel readjust the numbering so that column 4 becomes column 9 and column 9 becomes column 10. >
If that is the case, you can use a helper column of number for the sort. For example,
insert a new column B, and then enter
1
2
3
8.5
5
6
7
8
9
10
And sort the first 10 rows - except for column A - based on the values in column B ascending, then delete column B.
If I have interpreted this incorrectly, you could upload a workbook online and post the link here. Show two sheets - before and after.

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Using Windows 7 Professional ver 6.1 (Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) and Excel version 14.0.6112.5000 (32 bit)
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I was thinking "simplified" :) ...
Don't worry, also Rom wasn't build in a day. :-)
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Oracle instant client 11.2.0.1 64 bit
connecting to Oracle 11gR2 64 bit on Linux 5.8 64 bit
I have created a User DSN in Windows called "NITRO Oracle 11gR2 DB" using the Oracle 64 bit instant client driver 11.2.0.1. Configured as so
http://i.imgur.com/2a3MZ.png
Connection test is successful.
In Excel 2010, I go to Data ribbon, From Data Connection Wizard
http://i.imgur.com/han3u.png
I then choose Other/Advanced, and then Oracle Provider for OLE DB.
http://i.imgur.com/w3P1c.png
I click next and then put in the data source, user name and password and click test, and it fails with Micosoft Data Link Error. http://i.imgur.com/zuv41.png
Do you know what I'm doing wrong?

12154 means the client couldn't resolve what you filled in for Data Source. What did you fill in for Data Source when configuring the OLEDB connection? It looks like "nitro" should be the correct thing to fill in, based on your statement that the ODBC DSN you configured works with it.
Greg

"Unable to read file" error in Excel 2010 when downloading .xls file from IE11

We have lots of reports that have links for our users to be able to download report results in Excel format. We accomplish this by using the Excel mime type in our .asp pages. Sporadically, we are seeing "Unable to read file" errors in Excel 2010
after choosing Open from the IE11 save dialog. Choosing Save/Save As and the file will open just fine.
Also, we can sometimes cause the error to occur more frequently by switching windows during the time when the file is downloading.
If the file is opened directly from /Temporary Internet Files then it opens just fine.
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Thanks in advance!

Hi,
I found you replied in a similar thread, did you try the workaround (Reset the IE) that provided there? Did you change a browser to test?
Then, I suggest we use Process Monitor to do further troubleshooting. Please collect all the actions of IE.exe and Excel.exe, and check the if there are some
error message/code during you open XLS file from IE 11.
Hope it's helpful.
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