Don’t click the column letter before sorting. If you do, the sort will be applied only to the contents of the column, not the entire table or data range.After 27 years, Microsoft changed the name of this feature from AutoFilter to just Filter? R.I.P., AutoFilter. The Filter feature places a button to the right of each cell in the header row of a table or data range. Filter is turned on by default when you make a table, and you can see these buttons in the header row of a table.
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You can toggle Filter on or off by pressing Command-Shift-F. When you click the Filter button in a column header, the Filter dialog displays. The column header label is the title of the dialog. Filter lets you sort and filter.Sorting data in Excel tablesThe upper portion of the Filter dialog is for sorting:.Ascending: Click this button to sort the column from lowest to highest or alphabetically.Descending: Click this button to sort the column from highest to lowest, or reverse alphabetically.By Color: If you have applied color formats to a table, you can use this pop-up menu to sort by cell color or font color.Filtering data in Excel tablesBeneath the Sort functionality is the Filter section of the Filter dialog. Usually, you know what you’re looking for in a column, so the first thing to do is either type what you want in the search filter or choose it from the Choose One pop-up menu and form field. Starting at the top of the Filter options you can choose:.By Color: Show records in your column that match the cell color, font color, or cell icon. If you haven’t applied colors or conditional formatting, this pop-up menu is inactive.Choose One: Select a criterion from this pop-up menu.
Excel 2016 for Mac review: Spreadsheet app can do the job—as long as you don’t rely on macros Microsoft's spreadsheet app is more friendly to general Mac users, but less friendly to power users. In Word and PowerPoint: Select your chart and then on the Chart Design tab, click Edit Data in Excel. In Excel, select the category title and then in the Home tab, click Sort & Filter Filter. Next, click the drop-down arrow to select the data you want to show, and deselect the data you don't want to show.
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Then, in the pop-up menu to the right, you can select a record from the column that matches the set of conditions.
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