How do I remove a selected set of cells?

Question

How do I remove or delete a selected set of cells (ex. rectangle of C1 to E26).
In Excel, I can delete such a group of cells and all the data to the right of those cells shifts over.
Is this possible in Numbers or should I just go back to Excel?

Answer 1

Michael Force wrote:
Thank you for your attempt to help. This does not work for me, perhaps because I failed to fully understand what Yvan is trying to say. You are saying I need to delete cells at the bottom of the column,
It's not what I wrote.
Assuming that you want to remove cells C12 thru C14, I asked you to select cells C15 thru C9999999 then move the selected block to cell C12.
Old cell C15 will become cell C12
Old cell C16 will become cell C13
Old cell C17 will become cell C14
Your problem is different than the original one which was:
I want to delete a range of cells in a single column, say for instance 3 cells, and have the entire column shift up 3 cells.
and I'm not sure that the "Delete cells" function of Excel will do the trick.
I assumes (because you didn't give the complete info) that you want to remove cells C12 thru C14.
Select cells C15 thru C40, move the block to C12.
Old cell C15 will become cell C12
Old cell C16 will become cell C13
Old cell C17 will become cell C14
Old cell 40 will become cell C37
cells C38, C39, C40 will be empty.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 17 novembre 2008 11:59:29)