Advanced filter exclusion

G

Guest

I would like to create an advanced filter criterion that works in reverse; in
other words, it doesn't select rows BECAUSE they contain a specified value,
it selects all rows that do NOT contain a specified value. For example, if I
have a column that contains any of the 26 individual letters of the alphabet
as a code (meaning the value for that column in each individual row would
either be the single letter "A" or "B" or "C", etc.), I want the filter to
return all rows that have a value OTHER THAN "X" (so that the result would be
rows that had any value of A-W or Y or Z). How can I do this?

Thanks,
Eric
 
A

Ardus Petus

Create a new criterion with blank column heder, and in next row, following
formula:
=A2<>"X"

HTH
 
G

Guest

Try something like this:

With your list in A5:A60, with the column title in A5 (eg A5: MyTitle)

A1: MyTitle (or whatever your column title is)
A2: <>X

Select your list
<data><filter><advanced filter>
List range: (your already selected list: $A$5:$A$60
Criteria Range: $A$1:$A$2
Click the [OK] button

Only list items that do not equal X will be visible

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP
 

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