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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> 39</variable></paragraph> 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> 90</section> 91</body> 92</helpdocument> 93