INVERT SELECTION IN A RANGE

[Guest]

I selected a range (say 1 column by 10 rows) with various data in it, and use
the command "GO TO" then "SPECIAL" then "COLUMN DIFFERENCES". This highlight
and select all those rows not the same as the active cell.

My question is how do I invert the selection? what I mean is unhighlighting
the selected cell and highlighting the previously unselected cell.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I don't think that there's anything built into excel that will do what you want.

But I'm kind of confused at your subject and your last paragraph.

From the subject, it sounds like you wanted to select the values that are the
same in the selection.

If that's true, one manual way is to apply data|filter|autofilter to that
column.
Filter on the value you want to see.
Then select those visible cells.
But hit edit|goto|special|visible cells.
Then data|filter|showall.

But that doesn't seem to correspond to your last paragraph.

If I had
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4

And selected the first 3 to the last 4 and did edit|goto|special|column
differences, I'd end up with the 4,1,2,4,1,2,4 selected.

What did you mean by inverting in this situation?