Additional actions and features

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You can use the Get First Free Row on Column from Excel Worksheet action when you want to write data to the first available cell in a given column.

Screenshot of Properties of 'Get First Free Row On Column from Excel Worksheet' action dialog with output set.

The Read and Write actions can use the currently selected cell as a point of reference. The Get Selected Cell Range from Excel Worksheet action is used for this purpose by providing the indexes of the first and last column and row of the selection.

Screenshot of Properties of 'Get Select Cell Range from Excel Worksheet' action dialog with output properties set.

To change the selected cells, use the Select Cells in Excel Worksheet action. Set the Select option to Range of Cells to select cells by specifying the upper-left and bottom-right corner cells.

Screenshot of Properties of 'Select Cells in Excel Worksheet' action with Select set to Range of Cells, and with Range Starts and Ends highlighted.

Or you can set the Select option to Range of Cells Relatively to Active Cell to select a number of cells from the currently selected cell.

The same dialog with Select set to "Range of Cells Relatively to Active Cell," and with range X Axis Direction and Number of Cells highlighted.

To activate a particular cell, use the Activate Cell in Excel Worksheet action. In the Activate field, you can either choose to specify a cell by its coordinates (Absolutely specified Cell) or relative to the currently active cell (Relatively specified Cell).

Screenshot of Properties of 'Activate Cell in Excel Worksheet' action dialog with Activate set to Absolutely specified Cell.

You can also insert and delete columns and rows by using the appropriate actions, but you are required to specify a column or row index. With insertion, the row or column is added before the one that is specified.

Screenshot of Properties of 'Insert Row to Excel Worksheet' action dialog.