Editing Easy methods to Remove Duplicate Cells within an Excel Spreadsheet
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A lot of document developers (especially business owners) find themselves in situations where large amounts of easy, tedious work needs to be carried out. This covers a wide range of potential problems but one of the most prevalent is the need to refine an Excel spreadsheet for duplicate information. This is particularly common when large spreadsheets of information need to be appropriately altered. It is also common for students that need to modify lab reports or other Excel spreadsheets. More specifically this may be checking a spreadsheet for duplicate information in multiple cells. While checking a spreadsheet for duplicate information is an easy task, the repetition and monotony can quickly wear on an individual. There's always the traditional method of Excel spreadsheet clean up. This requires opening the spreadsheet and combing through it. Then start the process of looking through the spreadsheet and searching for duplicates. This method is very inefficient and a huge waste of your time. Excel also has a built in ‘Filter' option to allow for spreadsheet clean up. To make use of this feature, first select any cells you wish to check for duplicate information. Then, click the ‘Data' tab in the ribbon bar at the top of the Excel window. Choose the ‘Filter' option and then select ‘Advanced Filter'. Then, select ‘Copy to Another Location'. This will shift all non-duplicates to another location in the spreadsheet. Select where you'd like the non-duplicate information copied to in the ‘Advanced Filter' box. Finally, check ‘[http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel_duplicate_and_uniques_remover_software/ Unique Records Only]' to get rid of any duplicate information. The refined data will then appear in the selected range of cells. Fortunately, a program is available from http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel_duplicate_and_uniques_remover_software/ that permits for a massive search through an Excel spreadsheet. By going to the website and looking for ‘Remove Duplicate Data in an Excel Spreadsheet' you can find a program to meet your specific purpose. The application operates as a plugin in the Excel spreadsheet. This means that after starting Excel you'll see a tab in the ribbon bar at the top of the spreadsheet. This tab is labeled ‘Add-ins'. Click this button and then choose ‘Excel Duplicates Remover Software'. This will bring up the application for duplicate scanning in the spreadsheet. You'll see that the window is split into four primary sections. The upper left has options for how the spreadsheet should be scanned. This means that duplicate entries can be removed and the individual entries kept or the unique entries can be kept and the duplicates deleted. The upper right area has additional options. You can decide to ignore the case of the entries, remove blank cells, or remove any space at the beginning or end of cells. The lower left area enables for comparison of two groups of data. These groups can be changed based upon any duplicate or unique information happening in each group. Finally, the lower right area has a command to close the application. To find out more about this software, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLD2whwljm4. If you are in the business of organizing Excel spreadsheets, it can be a large task to [http://www.hothotsoftware.com/excel_duplicate_and_uniques_remover_software/ locate any duplicate] information within the spreadsheet. Use this software and quickly clean your spreadsheets and free up many hours of time.
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