There's no general recipe, usually it works better if cells to move belong to a defined region. If not, often it is convenient to create a region and assign cells to it.
Also, be sure to get the http://abot-morrowind.tk/index.php?option=weblinks&catid=53&Itemid=2&-Morrowind-modding-tools that works with script commands too (obviously you have to recompile scripts after moving)
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