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 More options Aug 21 2008, 1:37 am
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
From: krw <k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:37:28 -0500
Local: Thurs, Aug 21 2008 1:37 am
Subject: Re: WOT: Excel Question
In article <t81ma4p9l3sjqh3p2eldnjbbl5s9vdp...@4ax.com>, To-Email-
Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-Web-Site.com says...

> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:32:30 -0700 (PDT), mpm <mpmill...@aol.com>
> wrote:

> >On Aug 19, 12:02?pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
> >Web-Site.com> wrote:
> >> The crazy Girl Scouts are at it again... merged 3 neighborhoods into
> >> one...

> >> But created two registrars, each to handle half the troops.

> >> So we have two worksheets that need to merged into a single listing of
> >> all the troops.

> >> Excel 97... I know, I know, but I'm NOT going to spend an outrageous
> >> amount upgrading Micro$hit.

> >> Any easy way to do it?

> >> Thanks!

> >>                                         ...Jim Thompson
> [snip SIG]

> >I am assuming there's a key field in both Excel files and you want a
> >new file that merges both (all) original Excel files whether or not
> >there is data overlap (one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many) ?

> >Do you have MS Access handy?

> NO!

> >If so, it's a lot easier to do the merge that way.
> >Let me know and I'll walk you through it.

> >If the two Excel files are layed out identically, there is another
> >way, but not as "clean".
> >And if the Excel files are identicial, and just contain non-
> >overlapping data, it can be as simple as cut and paste between open
> >worksheets.

> >Can you give more guidance on what you want to do?
> >-mpm

> I think paste, then sort will work.

When I do this sort of thing, I generally make two sheets with the
input data, then copy them to a third *by reference* (don't touch
the original data).  Use more sheets to clean up the third sheet and
use it until there is no going back.  ;-)  Finally copy *contents*
to another and delete the input and intermediate sheets.  The idea
is to leave the original data around as long as possible, at least
until it's no longer of any use (obsolete).

--
Keith


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