Efficiently reformat data layout

Question

I have several Excel spreadsheets with data layout like this raw data:

company company1    company2    company3
currency     $        Y          E
         


        

Answer 1

Turn on Record Macro if desired. In Excel, move the currency row out of the way. 'Reverse pivot' (as detailed here), sort the Table on Column A to Z, switch the order of Columns B and C and fill Column D with a lookup of the company name against your currency indicators.