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26<topic id="textscalcguidedatabase_filterxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Filtering Cell Ranges</title>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153541">
33<bookmark_value>cell ranges;applying/removing filters</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>filtering;cell ranges/database ranges</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>database ranges;applying/removing filters</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>removing;cell range filters</bookmark_value>
37</bookmark><comment>MW changed "cell ranges," added "removing;" and made one "database ranges;" entry out of two. Same for "filtering;"</comment>
38<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153541" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG"><variable id="database_filter"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp" name="Filtering Cell Ranges">Filtering Cell Ranges</link>
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40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145069" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can use several filters to filter cell ranges in spreadsheets. A standard filter uses the options that you specify to filter the data. An AutoFilter filters data according to a specific value or string. An advanced filter uses filter criteria from specified cells.</paragraph>
41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10682" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Apply a Standard Filter to a Cell Range</paragraph>
42<list type="ordered">
43<listitem>
44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150398" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Click in a cell range.</paragraph>
45</listitem>
46<listitem>
47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10693" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - Standard Filter</item>.</paragraph>
48</listitem>
49<listitem>
50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156422" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">In the <emph>Standard Filter</emph> dialog, specify the filter options that you want.</paragraph>
51</listitem>
52<listitem>
53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A5" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153143" role="paragraph" l10n="U">The records that match the filter options that you specified are shown.</paragraph>
55</listitem>
56</list>
57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153728" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Apply an AutoFilter to a Cell Range</paragraph>
58<list type="ordered">
59<listitem>
60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144764" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Click in a cell range or a database range.</paragraph>
61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9303872" role="tip" l10n="NEW">If you want to apply multiple AutoFilters to the same sheet, you must first define database ranges, then apply the AutoFilters to the database ranges.</paragraph>
62</listitem>
63<listitem>
64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - AutoFilter</item>.</paragraph>
65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DB" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">An arrow button is added to the head of each column in the database range.</paragraph>
66</listitem>
67<listitem>
68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153878" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click the arrow button in the column that contains the value or string that you want to set as the filter criteria.</paragraph>
69</listitem>
70<listitem>
71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10749" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the value or string that you want to use as the filter criteria.</paragraph>
72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1074C" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The records that match the filter criteria that you selected are shown.</paragraph>
73</listitem>
74</list>
75<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E8" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Remove a Filter From a Cell Range</paragraph>
76<list type="ordered">
77<listitem>
78<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1075C" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Click in a filtered cell range.</paragraph>
79</listitem>
80<listitem>
81<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - Remove Filter</item>.</paragraph>
82</listitem>
83</list>
84<section id="relatedtopics">
85<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp#database_define"/>
86<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/>
87<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellcopy.xhp#cellcopy"/>
88<embed href="text/scalc/guide/specialfilter.xhp#specialfilter"/>
89<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4525284" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Defining_a_Data_Range">Wiki page about defining a data range</link></paragraph>
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