Copying formula to the next row when inserting a new row

Question

I have a row in which there are formulas using values of the same row. The next row is empty, just with a different background color.

Now, if I insert a new row (by righ

Answer 1

You need to insert the new row and then copy from the source row to the newly inserted row. Excel allows you to paste special just formulas. So in Excel:

• Insert the new row
• Copy the source row
• Select the newly created target row, right click and paste special
• Paste as formulas

VBA if required with Rows("1:1") being source and Rows("2:2") being target:

Rows("2:2").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
Rows("2:2").Clear

Rows("1:1").Copy
Rows("2:2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas, Operation:=xlNone