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Same for "filtering;"</comment> 38<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153541" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG" 39oldref="47"><variable id="database_filter"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp" name="Filtering Cell Ranges">Filtering Cell Ranges</link> 40</variable></paragraph> 41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145069" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="48">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> 42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10682" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Apply a Standard Filter to a Cell Range</paragraph> 43<list type="ordered"> 44<listitem> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150398" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="50">Click in a cell range.</paragraph> 46</listitem> 47<listitem> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10693" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - Standard Filter</item>.</paragraph> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156422" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="51">In the <emph>Standard Filter</emph> dialog, specify the filter options that you want.</paragraph> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A5" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153143" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="52">The records that match the filter options that you specified are shown.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57</list> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153728" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG" 59oldref="53">To Apply an AutoFilter to a Cell Range</paragraph> 60<list type="ordered"> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144764" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="54">Click in a cell range or a database range.</paragraph> 63<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> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154944" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="55">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - AutoFilter</item>.</paragraph> 67<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> 68</listitem> 69<listitem> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153878" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="56">Click the arrow button in the column that contains the value or string that you want to set as the filter criteria.</paragraph> 71</listitem> 72<listitem> 73<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> 74<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> 75</listitem> 76</list> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E8" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Remove a Filter From a Cell Range</paragraph> 78<list type="ordered"> 79<listitem> 80<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1075C" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Click in a filtered cell range.</paragraph> 81</listitem> 82<listitem> 83<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EC" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Filter - Remove Filter</item>.</paragraph> 84</listitem> 85</list> 86<section id="relatedtopics"> 87<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp#database_define"/> 88<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/> 89<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellcopy.xhp#cellcopy"/> 90<embed href="text/scalc/guide/specialfilter.xhp#specialfilter"/> 91<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> 92</section> 93</body> 94</helpdocument> 95