It looks to me that you have to refer to the criteria by value. So I think
you have to create a sorted list of the unique items in a particular column
and use that to find the value of an item in a particular position.

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Todd Huttenstine" wrote in message
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| Is there anyway to refer to an item in an autofilter by
| its index number instead of actual name itself? For
| example lets say I have a table of data in Columns A:E
| going down through row 10. If I go to Data - Filter -
| Auto Filter, it will then put the drop down boxes in cells
| A1, B1, C1, D1, and E1. Lets say I go to cell B1 and
| select the drop downbox. If there are 4 different unique
| items in this columnm, then I will see All, Top 10,
| Custom, and then my 4 different values. Is there anyway I
| can select 1 of my unique values in this list without
| having to refer to it by its actual name? I want to refer
| to it by its index number.... Thats even if you can do
| this....
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| Thank you
| Todd Huttenstine