Friday, January 20, 2012

How to Remove Duplicates in Excel 2003


1. Open Excel 2003 and copy your two (or more) columns of data into the spreadsheet.
2. Highlight the titles of the columns from which you want to remove the duplicates then click 'Data' and then click 'Filter.'
3. Click 'Advanced Filter' and then click 'OK' if necessary.
4. Click on the 'Copy to another location' option and then click 'Unique records only.'
5. Highlight the records that you want to remove the duplicates from, repeat this process when requested and then select an empty column in the 'Copy to' section.
6. Click 'OK' and your data set is copied into the column you indicated as the 'Copy to' column, excluding any duplicate values found in the data.

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