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I want to rearrange rows with the mouse in Calc.

In Excel, I select the whole row, then drag and drop it while holding Shift. This causes the drag and drop cursor to turn into a bar rather than cells, and the cells are inserted at the bar's position.

Is there a way to accomplish the same sort of thing in Calc without going around the houses inserting columns before the drag operation?

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Yes, there is a way to move whole columns using the mouse like in Excel:

  • To move: press ALT, then left click somewhere in the selected column (not the column header) and drag.

  • To copy: press Ctrl + ALT, then left click somewhere in the selected column (not the column header) and drag.


Tested with OpenOffice 3.2 Calc, Windows XP.

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  • Aha, that does insert rather than replace, thanks! But maybe there's a bug on OS X, as the original is left behind.
    – joachim
    Mar 28, 2010 at 10:59
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    Worked for me - at least with the NeoOffice variant of OO. Opt-dragging dropped a copy of the source column and Ctrl-Opt-drag moved the column.
    – JRobert
    Jun 4, 2010 at 11:43
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As @Peter said, for moving columns you have to left click somewhere in the selected column (not on the column header) and drag. Now you can press some modifier keys:

  • no modifiers: move columns, overwriting the destination
  • Ctrl: copy columns, overwriting the destination
  • Alt: move columns, inserting them between other columns
  • Ctrl + Alt: copy columns, inserting them between other columns

Tested with OpenOffice.org 4.0.1 on Windows 7.

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    Just downloaded the latest version today, and using Alt still copies rather than moves. I'm on OS X.
    – joachim
    Feb 13, 2014 at 15:36

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