Excel 2007 Advanced
¾ Removing all column filters: Mouse Click the Clear option from the SORT & FILTER button on the HOME ribbon in the EDITING group
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Choose FILTER, button from the DATA ribbon, SORT & FILTER group.
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All column filters will be cleared When filters are cleared the SELECT ALL tick box is applied to all columns. Make sure that this method is the one you really want if you have selected complicated criteria in a particular column.
Custom Criteria When you specify a filter criterion for a column from unique entries listed in the AutoFilter drop‐down list, you can only select one filter criterion at a time. The Custom filter criterion enables you to filter a list to display sets of data that contain This creates an OR condition or complicated options of what text, dates or numbers you wish to display To meet the filter criteria, a set of data must meet either the first filter criterion or the second filter criterion or both You can also use the Custom criterion choice to find values that fall within a range. When you specify custom criteria, select a comparison operator from the drop‐down list and then either type in a value or select it from the criteria drop‐down list. When you use custom criteria, you need to understand the comparison operators that Excel offers you. The table below outlines these: Operator = > < >= <= <>
Meaning Equal to Greater than Less than Greater than or equal to Less than or equal to Not equal to
¾ To specify “either AND/OR” custom criteria: Mouse
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Click on the AUTOFILTER drop‐down for the desired column.
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Depending on the Data type you will have the data type and type of filter name. (picture shows number filter)
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