<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="standardfilter"><help:help-text value="visible">Select this icon to filter the data following a certain criteria.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded> This icon calls the <help:link Id="66033"> Filter</help:link> dialog, which enables you to enter the filter criteria for the data display.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">While you can only filter based on one criterion with the <help:link Id="65981" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">AutoFilter</span></help:link> function, you can combine several criteria in this dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you use the <span style="font-weight:bold;">AutoFilter</span> function before displaying the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog to automatically filter according to a selected field, the filter that is already set will then be displayed when calling up the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If at the same time you selected a special field within the filtered records, when you open the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog this additional selection will be correctly displayed by an AND operator. <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> interprets your selection according to the logic "filtered records" AND "selection", since you looked for a record within the filtered records.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When you open the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog, all the filters that have already been set are displayed. <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> recognizes a selection you have made and shows you the correct interpretation in the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog. You can of course change the filter conditions automatically set by <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> in the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Filter</span> dialog, so as to carry out a new filter.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">You can remove the current filter with the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><help:link Id="65976" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Remove Filter/Sorting</span></help:link> icon.</p>