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- <sect1 id="sect-data-modify">
- <title>Modifying Data</title>
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- <para>
- This section has not yet been written...
- </para>
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- <para>
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- </para>
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- <para>
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- </para>
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- <sect2 id="sect-data-modify-search">
- <title>Searching for Data</title>
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- <para>
- This section has not yet been written...
- </para>
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- </sect2>
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- <sect2 id="sect-data-modify-searchreplace">
- <title>Searching and Replacing Data</title>
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- <para>
- This section has not yet been written...
- </para>
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- </sect2>
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-
- <sect2 id="sect-data-modify-sorting">
- <title>Sorting Data</title>
-
- <para>
- This section has not yet been written...
- </para>
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- </sect2>
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-
- <sect2 id="sect-data-modify-shuffle">
- <title>Shuffling Data</title>
-
- <para>
- With data shuffling tool you can shuffle data in a given cell
- range. The tool can be started by selecting ``Shuffle'' menu
- item in ``Data'' menu. In order to use the tool give the input
- range in which the data to be shuffled is stored. The tool is
- able to shuffle the contents of the whole cell range, or, also
- shuffle data according to rows or columns. The shuffling method
- is selected under the ``Input Range'' entry. For example, if
- your data is grouped by rows then select ``Shuffle Method''
- ``Rows''.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The default output method is to shuffle in-place. The shuffled
- data can also be written into a new sheet, new workbook, or into
- an existing sheet by giving the output range. If you select the
- ``Autofit Columns'' option, the width of each output column is
- automatically fixed according to the size of data in it.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="sect-data-modify-filter">
- <title>Filtering Data</title>
-
- <para>
- With data filters you can select a subset of rows in the
- worksheet that meet the given criteria. You can, for example,
- copy rows of a table containing sales of departments whose
- profit has been exceptionally high into a new sheet simply using
- a filter.</para>
-
- <sect3 id="sect-data-modify-filter-default">
- <title>Advanced Filter</title>
-
- <para>
- This section has not yet been written.
- </para>
-
- </sect3>
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- <sect3 id="sect-data-modify-filter-custom">
- <title>Advanced Filter</title>
-
- <para>
- This section has not yet been written.
- </para>
-
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 id="sect-data-modify-filter-advanced">
- <title>Advanced Filter</title>
-
- <para>
- To use advanced filter, you should have a few blank rows
- available in your worksheet to be used as a criteria range.
- These rows should not overlap with the rows in the table to be
- filtered.
- </para>
-
- <para>Now copy all the column labels from the table you want to
- filter into the first blank row in the criteria range. Below the
- criteria labels, you can now type the conditions you want to
- match for the particular label. For example, under a label
- `Profit' you could type `>=1000'. The tool selects only rows
- that match all the criteria.</para>
-
- <figure id="fig-advanced-filter-1">
- <title>Worksheet containing the table to be filtered and a
- simple criteria</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/advanced-filter-1.png" format="PNG" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>An image of a worksheet and the advanced filter dialog.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>It is possible to have many conditions for a single label.
- For example, you can select the departments whose profit is
- either very high or very low. To do this, type, for example,
- <![CDATA[ `<=0' below the `>=40000' ]]> condition.</para>
-
- <figure id="fig-advanced-filter-2">
- <title>Criteria for selecting rows whose `Profit' column is between
- 0 and 40000.</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/advanced-filter-2.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>An image of a worksheet witht the filter criteria.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>To start the tool, select ``Advanced Filter'' from the
- ``Data'' menu. It brings you the advanced filter dialog. In the
- dialog, select the action you want to take.</para>
-
- <figure id="fig-advanced-filter-dialog">
- <title>The Advanced Filter dialog.</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/dialog-filter.png" format="PNG" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>An image of the advanced filter dialog.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>``Filter in-place'' writes the new table in-place. Note
- that you will loose all the rows in the table that will not match
- the criteria. ``Copy to a new location'' copies the selected
- rows into the same sheet but into the specified cell range. Type
- the cell range into the ``Copy to'' entry if you want this action
- to happen. The other options let you to copy the selected rows
- into a new sheet or a new workbook.</para>
-
- <para>You should then specify the cell range containing the table
- to be filtered in the ``List range'' entry. The cell range
- containing the criteria is specified in the ``Criteria range''
- entry. If the original table contains duplicate rows, you may
- also want to specify the ``Unique records only''. If it is
- checked on, the filter removes all duplicates.</para>
-
- <para>To start the tool, you can then click the ``OK'' button and
- you will get the new table.</para>
-
- </sect3>
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-
- </sect2>
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-
- </sect1>
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