Thanks for the reply! I was hoping to avoid the helper column. Running the
advanced filter and selecting unique is exactly the way i want to go, only
opposite. if there is any way of doing this withou a helper column i would
prefer it, but i may be stretching. It just seems if the filter can be ran
from VBA and select unique that the opposite should be true.

Thanks Again!

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

Marty,

I would use a helper column, with a formula like

=COUNTIF(A:A,A2)

copied down, then filter on that column, for values 1.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Marty" wrote in message
...
i want to show the duplicates and hide the unique records. advanced filter
works great when selecting "unique records only", but i want the opposite
result. any ideas on how to accomplish this using the filter or VBA would be
great!

Thanks!