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Old May 3rd, 2005, 05:47 PM
ticephotos
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I work with a list of about 3500 entries in Excel that is updated every 2
weeks. Is there any way to easily delete out duplicate entries without
manually sorting the list and deleting them one at a time?

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Old May 3rd, 2005, 06:17 PM
Gord Dibben
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DataFilterAdvanced Filter.

Check "unique records only" and "copy to a new location".

You can copy to another worksheet if you wish.

See Debra Dalgleish's site for more info with pictures.

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xladvfilter01.html


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 3 May 2005 09:47:10 -0700, "ticephotos"
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I work with a list of about 3500 entries in Excel that is updated every 2
weeks. Is there any way to easily delete out duplicate entries without
manually sorting the list and deleting them one at a time?


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Old May 3rd, 2005, 06:22 PM
Gary's Student
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Data - Filter - Advanced Filter... - check unique records only
if you filter in-place, you can later unfilter
if you copy to a new distination, the duplicates are really deleted
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"ticephotos" wrote:

I work with a list of about 3500 entries in Excel that is updated every 2
weeks. Is there any way to easily delete out duplicate entries without
manually sorting the list and deleting them one at a time?

 




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