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    Sort and group names, then sum associated numerical values for each group, sort total

    I don't know if Excel can do this, but I'd bet it can. Anyway, the best way to explain the question is by illustration I believe.

    So, I have this massive spreadsheet, with the maximum rows excel will fit on one sheet. In the interest of simplicity, this is what the raw data looks like:

    Last First Amount

    Jones Jim $1000
    Jung Joe $700
    White Jon $100
    Jones Jim $200
    Jones Jan $300
    Jung Joe $800
    White Jon $200

    What I want to do is automatically get excel to group all the same names together. Then I want it to sum all the values for each name, then order by largest total value for each person, then order that by name alphabetically. In other words, the above would look like this after the sort:

    Last First Amount
    Jung Joe $800
    Jung Joe $700
    Jones Jim $1000
    Jones Jim $200
    Jones Jan $300
    White Jon $200
    White Jon $100

    Or, if necessary, there could be sum total rows under each name...although I don't have spare rows, so IDK. I could delete some rows if I had to, but would rather not.

    Hopefully this makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Re: Sort and group names, then sum associated numerical values for each group, sort total

    If I were doing this, I would use a Pivot Table. Look at this link for tutorials on Pivot Tables if you are unfamiliar.

    http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/ExcelMain.htm
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