A Custom List in Excel is very handy to fill a range of cells with your own personal list. It could be a list of your team members at work, countries, regions, phone numbers or customers. The main goal of a custom list is to remove repetitive work and manual errors in inputting.
To create a custom sort:
- Select a cell in the column you want to sort by.
- Select the Data tab, then click the Sort command.
- The Sort dialog box will appear.
- The Custom Lists dialog box will appear.
- Type the items in the desired custom order in the List entries: box.
- Click Add to save the new sort order.
Sorting on Multiple Fields in an Excel 2016 Data List
- Position the cell cursor in one of the cells in the data list table.
- Click the Sort button in the Sort & Filter group on the Data tab or press Alt+ASS.
- Select the name of the field you first want the records sorted by from the Sort By drop-down list.
Click the Office button at the upper-left corner; At the bottom, you will view the Excel Options button. Click it into Excel Options Window.
Filter for a specific number or a number range
Click a cell in the range or table that you want to filter. On the Data tab, click Filter. in the column that contains the content that you want to filter. Under Filter, click Choose One, and then enter your filter criteria.Easily sort data in Microsoft Excel by using the auto filter
- Select the top rows of the columns that you want to filter.
- In the toolbar, click the Data tab.
- Click the Filter option, then select Auto filter.
Make sure no hidden rows or columns exist. If you're sorting by a column containing a formula, Excel will recalculate the column after the sort. If the values change after the recalculation, such as with RAND, it may appear that the sort did not work properly, but it did.
Go to the Data ribbon and click the Clear icon in the Sort & Filter group. Go to the Home ribbon, click the arrow below the Sort & Filter icon in the Editing group and choose Clear.
On the Excel Ribbon, click the Data tab. In the Sort & Filter group, click the Sort button. Click the Add Level button, to add the first sorting level. From the Sort by dropdown, select the first column you want to sort.
The most common reason why the Sort and Filter icon is grayed out in Excel is because multiple sheets are selected. If this is the case, you will notice that more than one sheet is active at the bottom of the screen.
You can create a form in Excel by adding content controls, such as buttons, check boxes, list boxes, and combo boxes to a workbook. Other people can use Excel to fill out the form and then print it if they choose to.
How to Create Custom AutoFill Lists in Excel 2016
- Click the cell with the first entry in the custom series and then drag the mouse or Touch pointer through the range until all the cells with entries are selected.
- Select File→Options→Advanced (Alt+FTA) and then scroll down and click the Edit Custom Lists button located in the General section.
Here's how:
- Select the range you want to sort.
- Go to the Data tab > Sort and Filter group, and click Sort:
- In the Sort dialog box, click the Options
- In the small Sort Options dialog that appears, select Sort left to right, and click OK to get back to the Sort.
Then click the Sort button in the Data tab. Use the drop-downs to select the column or columns to sort by and check the box "My data has headers" if that applies. Use the Order drop-down menu to choose which order to sort the data in, whether largest to smallest or smallest to largest. Click OK when you are done.
Open your Excel spreadsheet. Select the "Last Name" column of your spreadsheet. Click the down arrow in the column header. Select "Sort A to Z" to sort the column in alphabetical order, and select "Sort Z to A" to sort the column in reverse alphabetical order.
Separate First and Last Names in an Excel Spreadsheet
- Add an empty column by right-clicking on the top of the column next to the existing column of names, then select Insert.
- Click the Data tab.
- Click on the top of the column with your contacts' names to highlight the whole column.
- Click Text to Columns.
- Select "Delimited" and click Next.
a. alphabetize names by comparing the first unit letter by letter. If the first letters are the same, file in terms of the second letter, and so on. Names of individuals are filed as follows: last name, first name or initial, middle name or initial.
Reverse the text from right to left:
- Select the range that you want to reverse.
- Click Kutools > Text Tools > Reverse Text Order, see screenshot:
- In the Reverse Text dialog box, select the proper option from Separator which are corresponding with the cell values. And you can preview the results from the Preview Pane.
To sort in alphabetical order:
- Select a cell in the column you want to sort by. In this example, we'll sort by Last Name.
- Select the Data tab, then locate the Sort and Filter group.
- Click the ascending command to Sort A to Z or the descending command.
- The data in the spreadsheet will be organized alphabetically.
Set Margins in Excel: Overview
Then click the “Page Setup” dialog box button in the lower-right corner of the “Page Setup” button group. Then click the “Margins” tab within the “Page Setup” dialog box. You can set the margins in Excel for your worksheet on the “Margins” tab.Centering Your Worksheet
- Choose Page Setup from the File menu.
- Make sure the Margins tab is selected.
- Select the Horizontally check box if you want the information centered left-to-right between the margins of the page.
- Select the Vertically check box if you want the information centered top-to-bottom between the margins of the page.
To pick the Last name from the list. We we will use the “RIGHT” function along with the “SEARCH” and “LEN” function. Select the Cell D2, write the formula =RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-SEARCH(" ",A2,SEARCH(" ",A2,SEARCH(" ",A2)+1))) It will return the last name from the cell A2.
To get more rows on a page, try the margins. To open the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog box, click Custom Margins on the Margins button's drop-down menu. There, enter the new settings in the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right text boxes — or select the new margin settings with their respective spinner buttons.
