5.09 Task 2 Instructions - Filter

1. Highlight the rows and columns that contain the information just entered.

2. Look on the Home tab for the Sort & Filter icon A-Z with a funnel beside it.

3. Click on the icon to open the options.

4. Click on Filter.

5. Notice the arrows that appear next to the column headings.

6. Click on the arrow next to the “Your Stock Value” column heading.

7. Click on Number Filters

8. Select Greater than or equal to

9. Enter 4,000 in the blank box next to Greater than or equal to

10. Press OK

11. Notice what happens to your data. (This sample will look different from yours. You will have

more data than this worksheet.)

11. Save as Stock Filter

What happened? You should have some items no longer visible. The only items showing are the ones

that meet the criteria you specified.

Submit this filtered worksheet as your assignment.

Continue to the next page to learn how to remove a filter. This is not part of your assignment. It is for

your information only.

How do you get the information back that has been filtered out? Note: This is ONLY for your information.DO NOT complete these steps on your saved Stock Filter

assignment. If you do, you will lose the filter and will have to redo steps 1-11 and resubmit your

assignment.

1. Click on the filter button and click in the box that says “select all”. This will put all data back in

your worksheet. Nothing is filtered now because the criteria you specified has been overridden

by selecting all.

Or

Click on the Sort/Filter button and click on Filter to take the filter off and the arrows disappear beside

each column heading.

Notice: No down

arrows by column

headings.