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Help; ther's got to be a better way :-(
Hi,
I have several reports that export into .xls spreadsheeets from SAP. They always export with multiple header lines which makes it hard to sort because doing 'DataSortw/ Header' only keeps the top line as header. I need to keep them all for my boss. I have been doing them manually but the 2 new ones he gave me this morning contain 37,000 rows each. Is there a way to sort all and have the first 6 rows be an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Nikki |
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Help; ther's got to be a better way :-(
Nikki,
Insert a new row above the one row of headers that you want to use, then select one cell in the table of data, do the Data / Sort, etc. and then when you're done, simply delete the new row. HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "nikki dawn" wrote in message ... Hi, I have several reports that export into .xls spreadsheeets from SAP. They always export with multiple header lines which makes it hard to sort because doing 'DataSortw/ Header' only keeps the top line as header. I need to keep them all for my boss. I have been doing them manually but the 2 new ones he gave me this morning contain 37,000 rows each. Is there a way to sort all and have the first 6 rows be an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Nikki |
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Hi Nikki
Firstly, a suggestion. Don't post messages with "Help" or similar. Try and use something that identifies the issue. A number of posters will ignore a "Help" mesasage line. Try inserting a row before the last line of your header. Do your sort below that line and when finished remove the blank row. Regards Michael M "nikki dawn" wrote: Hi, I have several reports that export into .xls spreadsheeets from SAP. They always export with multiple header lines which makes it hard to sort because doing 'DataSortw/ Header' only keeps the top line as header. I need to keep them all for my boss. I have been doing them manually but the 2 new ones he gave me this morning contain 37,000 rows each. Is there a way to sort all and have the first 6 rows be an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Nikki |
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Thank you Michael M. I was sure there was a way (and there was!) I tried what
you suggested and it worked for me. I didn't think of it as there was already a blank row inserted. You saved me a lot of manual labor and it is appreciated. As far as the "HELP" goes, I have to have these reports done by Wed. Next time I will be more patient. I haven't posted that way previously but I also haven't had any responses previously. Thanks for not ignoring my "Help" :-D Nikki "Michael M" wrote: Hi Nikki Firstly, a suggestion. Don't post messages with "Help" or similar. Try and use something that identifies the issue. A number of posters will ignore a "Help" mesasage line. Try inserting a row before the last line of your header. Do your sort below that line and when finished remove the blank row. Regards Michael M "nikki dawn" wrote: Hi, I have several reports that export into .xls spreadsheeets from SAP. They always export with multiple header lines which makes it hard to sort because doing 'DataSortw/ Header' only keeps the top line as header. I need to keep them all for my boss. I have been doing them manually but the 2 new ones he gave me this morning contain 37,000 rows each. Is there a way to sort all and have the first 6 rows be an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Nikki |
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Help; ther's got to be a better way :-(
Glad it worked and thanks for the feedback
Regards Michael M "nikki dawn" wrote: Thank you Michael M. I was sure there was a way (and there was!) I tried what you suggested and it worked for me. I didn't think of it as there was already a blank row inserted. You saved me a lot of manual labor and it is appreciated. As far as the "HELP" goes, I have to have these reports done by Wed. Next time I will be more patient. I haven't posted that way previously but I also haven't had any responses previously. Thanks for not ignoring my "Help" :-D Nikki "Michael M" wrote: Hi Nikki Firstly, a suggestion. Don't post messages with "Help" or similar. Try and use something that identifies the issue. A number of posters will ignore a "Help" mesasage line. Try inserting a row before the last line of your header. Do your sort below that line and when finished remove the blank row. Regards Michael M "nikki dawn" wrote: Hi, I have several reports that export into .xls spreadsheeets from SAP. They always export with multiple header lines which makes it hard to sort because doing 'DataSortw/ Header' only keeps the top line as header. I need to keep them all for my boss. I have been doing them manually but the 2 new ones he gave me this morning contain 37,000 rows each. Is there a way to sort all and have the first 6 rows be an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Nikki |
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