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I have a list of 8000 names and need to extract 500 of them without going through them line by line - whats the best thing to do?
I have a list of 8000 names and need to extract 500 of them without going through them line by line - whats the best thing to do?
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On what criteria should the names be extracted?
Tell us how/why you determine the 500 ?
If it's because they're unique names in the list then have a look at Advanced Filter http://www.contextures.com/xladvfilter01.html (filter unique records)
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Wow - what a quick response (thank you).
The large list has names displayed as 'Mary Smith' in one column. The 500 are displayed as Column 1 'Mary' and Column 2 'Smith'. Hope this is clear
If you want to extract the full name in column 3 where there is a string in col 2 try =if(b2="","",a2&" "&b2)
Looks promising - I am a new user so forgive the silly questions ...
I now have two lists with the same name - when I copy the new list of names to a new cell the reference is lost - how do I lock in the new list?
You can Copy - Paste Special - Values to other cells
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