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imported data has weird columns on left
HELP!!! I imported data and the resulting excel sheet has a gray area along
the left side with little buttons at the top "1" "2" "3" and vertical lines going down from there. There's little "x"s here and there, and when I click on either the "1" or the "x" multiple rows of data disappear (or reappear). Also, the data rows cannot be sorted. What is this and how can I make it go away? The first column of data has ID numbers that link to several of the following rows, and these are rows that appear or disappear when the "x" is clicked. It is set up to add the number of rows in each group of rows. I don't want all this fancy stuff, just want the data. |
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imported data has weird columns on left
I am not sure that this helps you or not but you can try it: select all data
go to menu DataSubtotals and click on "Remove All" bottun. hope it works for you, Thanks -- Farhad Hodjat "Pat" wrote: HELP!!! I imported data and the resulting excel sheet has a gray area along the left side with little buttons at the top "1" "2" "3" and vertical lines going down from there. There's little "x"s here and there, and when I click on either the "1" or the "x" multiple rows of data disappear (or reappear). Also, the data rows cannot be sorted. What is this and how can I make it go away? The first column of data has ID numbers that link to several of the following rows, and these are rows that appear or disappear when the "x" is clicked. It is set up to add the number of rows in each group of rows. I don't want all this fancy stuff, just want the data. |
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imported data has weird columns on left
I believe your data is "grouped". You didn't specify the version of excel
you were using. In 2007, left click in the top left cell (where row and column meet) to select the whole table. Then, select TableTools\Outline\ungroup" from the ribbon. The grouping columns should disappear. Good luck. "Pat" wrote: HELP!!! I imported data and the resulting excel sheet has a gray area along the left side with little buttons at the top "1" "2" "3" and vertical lines going down from there. There's little "x"s here and there, and when I click on either the "1" or the "x" multiple rows of data disappear (or reappear). Also, the data rows cannot be sorted. What is this and how can I make it go away? The first column of data has ID numbers that link to several of the following rows, and these are rows that appear or disappear when the "x" is clicked. It is set up to add the number of rows in each group of rows. I don't want all this fancy stuff, just want the data. |
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imported data has weird columns on left
Thank you! I'm using 2003, and between your suggestion and Farhad's I
figured it out. What a relief, because I expect this will keep happening. "JohnS" wrote: I believe your data is "grouped". You didn't specify the version of excel you were using. In 2007, left click in the top left cell (where row and column meet) to select the whole table. Then, select TableTools\Outline\ungroup" from the ribbon. The grouping columns should disappear. Good luck. "Pat" wrote: HELP!!! I imported data and the resulting excel sheet has a gray area along the left side with little buttons at the top "1" "2" "3" and vertical lines going down from there. There's little "x"s here and there, and when I click on either the "1" or the "x" multiple rows of data disappear (or reappear). Also, the data rows cannot be sorted. What is this and how can I make it go away? The first column of data has ID numbers that link to several of the following rows, and these are rows that appear or disappear when the "x" is clicked. It is set up to add the number of rows in each group of rows. I don't want all this fancy stuff, just want the data. |
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Thank you, it worked! Now I'll have to explore that whole subtotal thing,
it's probably a useful feature I didn't know about. Thanks again, Pat "Farhad" wrote: I am not sure that this helps you or not but you can try it: select all data go to menu DataSubtotals and click on "Remove All" bottun. hope it works for you, Thanks -- Farhad Hodjat "Pat" wrote: HELP!!! I imported data and the resulting excel sheet has a gray area along the left side with little buttons at the top "1" "2" "3" and vertical lines going down from there. There's little "x"s here and there, and when I click on either the "1" or the "x" multiple rows of data disappear (or reappear). Also, the data rows cannot be sorted. What is this and how can I make it go away? The first column of data has ID numbers that link to several of the following rows, and these are rows that appear or disappear when the "x" is clicked. It is set up to add the number of rows in each group of rows. I don't want all this fancy stuff, just want the data. |
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