Office 2013 All-In-One Absolute Beginner’s Guide

21. Filtering and Consolidating Data

In This Chapter

• Filtering Data

• Managing Filters

• Consolidating Data

This chapter shows you how to use Excel’s filtering functionality to look at just the desired records. It also shows you how to create a list of unique items, delete duplicates, and consolidate data.

Filtering and consolidating data are important tools in Excel, especially when you are dealing with large amounts of data. The filtering tools can quickly reduce the data to the specific records you need to concentrate on. The consolidation tool can bring together information spread between multiple sheets or workbooks.

Filtering Data

To make the most out of Excel’s filtering capabilities, your data should adhere to a few basic formatting ...