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| author | Rafael Lima <rafael.palma.lima@gmail.com> | 2021-08-27 02:18:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org> | 2021-08-27 15:25:13 +0200 |
| commit | 8e447138612f8e266c8a997813f9f673efa4ebb1 (patch) | |
| tree | d26ec9eb5a38e94211fbc09ca1ccea4d179266e8 /source/text/scalc/guide | |
| parent | 230ace24c9acaf135c5748cdda76e7bdfa0a3eda (diff) | |
Create help page about how to Remove Duplicates in Calc
This patch creates a new "guide" page on how to remove Duplicate values in Calc.
This is a question I see being frequently asked in forums and I could not find any entry in the Help that explained how this can be done.
Change-Id: I6e115739752fdc1f5aa35cf45f041655b3e614be
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/121067
Tested-by: Jenkins
Tested-by: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org>
Reviewed-by: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'source/text/scalc/guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp | 69 |
1 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp b/source/text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..360ef28616 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> + +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache + * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file + * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + +<meta> + <topic id="textscalcguidefiltersxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Removing Duplicate Values</title> + <filename>/text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> + +<body> + <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153896"> + <bookmark_value>filters; removing duplicates</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>filters; finding unique values</bookmark_value> + </bookmark> + <h1 id="hd_id501630021281902"><variable id="filters"><link href="text/scalc/guide/remove_duplicates.xhp" name="Duplicates_h1">Removing Duplicate Values</link></variable></h1> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150869" role="paragraph">Consider a single column with values where some may be duplicates. To remove duplicate values and obtain only the unique entries in the column:</paragraph> + <list type="ordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id631630021463659" role="listitem">Select the range of values from which duplicate values are to be removed. The values have to be arranged in a single column.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id31630021517873" role="listitem">Go to <menuitem>Data - More Filters - Standard Filter</menuitem>. This opens the <embedvar href="text/shared/02/12090100.xhp#StandardFilter_h1"/> dialog.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id801630022108301" role="listitem">In <emph>Field Name</emph> make sure that the selected column is the column where the values are stored. If a single column is selected this field will be set automatically.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id461630022298515" role="listitem">In <emph>Condition</emph> choose the option <emph>=</emph> (equals sign), which is the default option.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id261630022372414" role="listitem">In <emph>Value</emph> choose the option <emph>Not Empty</emph>.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id441630022436605" role="listitem">Click <emph>Options</emph> and select <emph>No duplications</emph>. If the first value is the column header check <emph>Range contains column labels</emph>.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id841630022924442" role="listitem">Check <emph>Copy results</emph> and use the input box below it to inform a cell address where the unique entries are to be entered.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id61630023053412" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>. The unique values in the range will be entered starting with the cell selected in the previous step.</paragraph> + </listitem> +</list> + <note id="par_id81630022708336">The <emph>No duplications</emph> option is case sensitive. Therefore, values "A" and "a" are each considered as unique values.</note> + <section id="relatedtopics"> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/autofilter.xhp#autofilter"/> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/specialfilter.xhp#specialfilter"/> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/filters.xhp#filters"/> + </section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |