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From: Brad on 12 Mar 2010 10:08
Typed in
"Name1" into C2
"Name2" into C3
"Name3" into C4

Selected these three names and copied them down through cell C26

Using Data-filter-Advance filter
Action - copy to
List range C2:C26
Clicked the Unique records only and selected E2
Clicked okay

Results was
Name1
Name2
Name3
Name1

Any idea why Name1 was repeated?
Copied C2:C26 over to h2 (sorted the list) and all "Name1" are identical


From: Luke M on 12 Mar 2010 10:35
Since Adv Filter requires a header row, the first "Name 1" is treated as the
header, and copied over no matter what.

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Luke M
"Brad" <Brad(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Typed in
> "Name1" into C2
> "Name2" into C3
> "Name3" into C4
>
> Selected these three names and copied them down through cell C26
>
> Using Data-filter-Advance filter
> Action - copy to
> List range C2:C26
> Clicked the Unique records only and selected E2
> Clicked okay
>
> Results was
> Name1
> Name2
> Name3
> Name1
>
> Any idea why Name1 was repeated?
> Copied C2:C26 over to h2 (sorted the list) and all "Name1" are identical
>
>


From: Gord Dibben on 12 Mar 2010 12:49
Most likely Excel is seeing top name1 as a title.

Add something to C1 then select C1:C26 and inform Excel that C1 is a title.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:08:08 -0800, Brad <Brad(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Typed in
>"Name1" into C2
>"Name2" into C3
>"Name3" into C4
>
>Selected these three names and copied them down through cell C26
>
>Using Data-filter-Advance filter
>Action - copy to
>List range C2:C26
>Clicked the Unique records only and selected E2
>Clicked okay
>
>Results was
>Name1
>Name2
>Name3
>Name1
>
>Any idea why Name1 was repeated?
>Copied C2:C26 over to h2 (sorted the list) and all "Name1" are identical
>

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