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	<title>asap utilities / excel blog &#187; how to with ASAP Utilities</title>
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		<title>How to: Protect multiple sheets at once</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/13/how-to-protect-multiple-sheets-at-once/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=1286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The built in method of Excel allows you to only protect one sheet at a time. If you want to protect multiple sheets in Excel you have to protect them one by one. This can take a long time if you have many sheets and even might result in accidentally forgetting one. With this tool [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The built in method of Excel allows you to only protect one sheet at a time. If you want to protect multiple sheets in Excel you have to protect them one by one. This can take a long time if you have many sheets and even might result in accidentally forgetting one.</p>
<p>With this tool protecting your sheets is much easier en furthermore a lot faster:<br />
<a title="ASAP Utilities » Sheets » Protect multiple sheets at once..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=37&amp;utilities=20&amp;lang=en_us">ASAP Utilities » Sheets » Protect multiple sheets at once...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=37&amp;utilities=20&amp;lang=en_us"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1287" title="Protect multiple sheets at once" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/0037-Protect-multiple-sheets-at-once.png" alt="Protect multiple sheets at once" width="632" height="463" /></a></p>
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		<title>User question: How to delete cells based on content</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/18/user-question-how-to-delete-cells-based-on-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=1203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Hi! I couldn't find the following function in ASAP Utilities: Delete cells based on content. Ex.: I would like to delete all cells (content) which is less than 3, greater than 100…. Would be nice when working with statistics." Well, you can already do this in ASAP Utilities, but with an additional step. First you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>"Hi!<br />
I couldn't find the following function in ASAP Utilities:<br />
Delete cells based on content. Ex.: I would like to delete all cells (content) which is less than 3, greater than 100…. Would be nice when working with statistics."</em></p>
<p>Well, you can already do this in ASAP Utilities, but with an additional step.<br />
First you can select those cells with the following tool, and then just hit the DEL key:<a title="Select cells based on content, formatting and more..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=7&amp;utilities=2&amp;lang=en_us"><br />
Select » Select cells based on content, formatting and more...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/select-cells-with-a-value-less-than-3-then-delete.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1211" title="Select cells based on content, formatting and more..." src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/select-cells-with-a-value-less-than-3-then-delete.png" alt="Select cells based on content, formatting and more..." width="534" height="385" /></a></p>
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		<title>User question: How to enter the same value on multiple sheets (or in multiple cells at once)</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/16/user-question-how-to-enter-the-same-value-on-multiple-sheets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=1186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we received the following email: Let me start by saying how wonderful I think your program is. It saves me a lot of time. I just created 100 sheets and named them from a list using ASAP -great! I then inserted the name of each sheet into a cell within the sheet using ASAP [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/control+enter.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1190" title="control+enter" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/control+enter-150x150.jpg" alt="Press control+enter to enter the same value in all selected cells" width="150" height="150" /></a>Today we received the following email:</p>
<p><em>Let me start by saying how wonderful I think your program is. It saves me a lot of time.<br />
I just created 100 sheets and named them from a list using ASAP -great!<br />
I then inserted the name of each sheet into a cell within the sheet using ASAP -fantastic!</em></p>
<p><em>Here's my problem:</em><br />
<em> In sheet one, I'd like to enter a formula in A2 and be able to copy it to A2 in the other 99 sheets. Can ASAP help me with this?</em><br />
<em> I'd also like to be able to do this with a value in A3.</em></p>
<p>Well, this can already be done with just Excel.</p>
<p>If you want to enter the same formula on all 100 sheets, just select all the sheets and then enter the formula in A2... However, <strong>instead of pressing Enter at the end, press Control+Enter at the end</strong>. That way the formula will be entered in all selected cells, also the same cell-address on the other selected sheets.<br />
You can also use this Ctrl+Enter to enter the same value in all selected cells on the same sheet.</p>
<p><span id="more-1186"></span>In case you're curious, the user used the following two tools to quickly create all the sheets:<br />
<a title="Insert multiple sheets (uses the cell values as sheet names)..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=22&amp;utilities=20&amp;lang=en_us">Insert multiple sheets (uses the cell values as sheet names)...</a><br />
<a title="Insert sheet(s) name in selected cell(s)" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=25&amp;utilities=20&amp;lang=en_us">Insert sheet(s) name in selected cell(s)</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>How to: Change the shortcuts used by ASAP Utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/03/how-to-change-the-shortcuts-that-asap-utilities-uses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=1164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then people ask us if it is possible to change the shortcuts that are used by ASAP Utilities. For example: "Hello, is it possible to change the Ctrl + Alt + J shortcut to something else?" Often because people already use the same shortcut for their own macro. Well, you can already [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/change-the-shortcut.png"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1165" title="Change your favorite utilities and assign your own shortcut" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/change-the-shortcut-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Every now and then people ask us if it is possible to change the shortcuts that are used by ASAP Utilities. For example: "<em>Hello, is it possible to change the Ctrl + Alt + J shortcut to something else?</em>" Often because people already use the same shortcut for their own macro. Well, you can already do this easily the past 8 years (already since version 3.0.6 from September 2003)</p>
<h2>How to change the shortcuts</h2>
<p>You can easily change the shortcut to whatever you like via:<br />
<a title="Change your favorite utilities and assign your own shortcut" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=229&amp;utilities=228&amp;lang=en_us">ASAP Utilities » Favorites &amp; Shortcuts » Organize your favorite tools...</a></p>
<p>By using and customizing the <a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-description.php?utilities=228&amp;lang=en_us">Favorites menu</a> and assigning your own shortcuts you can quickly access the tools you use the most frequently. And in Excel 2000, 2002 and 2003, you can also create a <a title="The ASAP Utilities Favorites menu toolbar" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=257&amp;utilities=224&amp;lang=en_us">toolbar</a> with your favorites tools.</p>
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		<title>How to: Select a number of worksheets and export each as a single workbook</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/20/how-to-select-a-number-of-worksheets-and-export-as-a-single-workbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=1134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just received the following question from Azad from Australia: Hi, Is it possible to select a number of worksheets and export as a single workbook? As you probably already know, Excel itself doesn't have a option for this. It can be a time consuming job to save each worksheet as a separate workbook. Fortunately [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just received the following question from Azad from Australia:</p>
<p><em>Hi, Is it possible to select a number of worksheets and export as a single workbook?</em></p>
<p>As you probably already know, Excel itself doesn't have a option for this. It can be a time consuming job to save each worksheet as a separate workbook.</p>
<p>Fortunately it is very easy to do with the following tool from ASAP Utilities:<br />
<a title="Export » Export worksheets as separate files..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=233&amp;utilities=196&amp;lang=en_us">Export » Export worksheets as separate files...</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1137" title="Save worksheets as separate workbooks" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/save-worksheets-as-single-workbooks.png" alt="Save worksheets as separate workbooks" width="586" height="603" /></p>
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		<title>How to use the extra functions you get with ASAP Utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/01/how-to-use-the-extra-functions-you-get-with-asap-utilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have created a example workbook that shows how to get things done - that are normally not possible at all or difficult in Excel - by using the functions that ASAP Utilities adds. Especially the function to calculate the SUM of cells with a certain color is a popular request and still can't be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have created a example workbook that shows how to get things done - that are normally not possible at all or difficult in Excel - by using <a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=259&amp;utilities=97">the functions that ASAP Utilities adds</a>.</p>
<p>Especially the function to calculate the SUM of cells with a certain color is a popular request and still can't be done in Excel itself without the use of a macro or add-in.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/upload/images/465-example-functions-index.png" border="0" alt="Worksheet functions added by ASAP Utilities" hspace="0" vspace="4" width="616" height="431" /><br />
<img style="width: 685px; height: 374px;" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/upload/images/465-example-functions-asapsumbycellcolor.png" border="0" alt="Calculate the sum of cells with a certain color" hspace="0" vspace="8" width="685" height="374" /><br />
<img src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/upload/images/465-example-functions-asapgetcomment.png" border="0" alt="Get the text from a cell's comment into a cell" hspace="0" vspace="4" width="700" height="266" /></p>
<p>Furthermore, we have released a pre-release of the new version of ASAP Utilities.</p>
<p>More information and download of the example workbook and the pre-release:<br />
<a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=239">http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=239</a></p>
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		<title>Video: An easy way to split each group into a separate worksheet tab with ASAP Utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/25/video-an-easy-way-to-split-sheets-with-asap-utilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to my previous post, a short video that shows a demonstration of the new "Split the selected range into multiple worksheets..." utility. The video is in HD quality and for best quality I recommend to watch it on full screen: The above video is without sound. For me this is also a test [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In addition to my <a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/25/an-easy-way-to-split-sheets/" target="_self">previous post</a>, a short video that shows a demonstration of the new "<a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=236" target="_self">Split the selected range into multiple worksheets...</a>" utility.<br />
The video is in HD quality and for best quality I recommend to watch it on full screen:<br />
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="640" height="505" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/No-xbiV3lj0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="505" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/No-xbiV3lj0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>The above video is without sound.<br />
For me this is also a test with the "new" HD quality of Youtube which should make Youtube more suitable for these screencasts.)</p>
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		<title>An easy way to split sheets</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/25/an-easy-way-to-split-sheets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the new version of ASAP Utilities (4.6.4), which is available as a pre-release, we have included a tool to easily splits your data into separate sheets. Sheets » Split the selected range into multiple worksheets... With this tool you can quickly split your data into multiple sheets. You can do this either by value, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the new version of ASAP Utilities (4.6.4), which is <a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=236" target="_self">available as a pre-release</a>, we have included a tool to easily splits your data into separate sheets.</p>
<p><strong>Sheets » Split the selected range into multiple worksheets...<br />
</strong>With this tool you can quickly split your data into multiple sheets.<br />
You  can do this either by value, for example to create a new sheet for each  company, or you can specify the number of rows to create per sheet.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-913" title="Split your selected range into multiple sheets" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/464-split-range-to-new-sheets.png" alt="Split your selected range into multiple sheets" width="607" height="578" /></strong></p>
<p>In the following example the "For every new value/group in column" option is chosen on Column A (Brand). This means that the utility creates a new sheet when the brand name changes and the is copied to the new worksheet.<br />
<strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-914" title="A new sheet is created for each car name in column A, with its corresponding information" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/464-split-range-to-new-sheets-example-result.png" alt="A new sheet is created for each car name in column A, with its corresponding information" width="690" height="514" /></strong></p>
<p><span id="more-912"></span>We have also received the request for this tool from people that used workbooks with over 500 000 rows (Excel 2007/2010) and then needed to open the information in Excel 2003. In order to do that they had to split the information into pieces of a max of 65536 rows because that is the maximum amount of rows that a sheet in Excel 2003 can contain. Now, with this tool you can do that much faster.</p>
<p>Note:</p>
<p>Your original worksheet remains unaltered.<br />
If you want to save the new created worksheets as separate files, then you can do this with the utility "<a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=233&amp;utilities=196&amp;lang=en_us" target="_self">Export » Export worksheets as separate files...</a>"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=236" target="_self">Download pre-release version 4.6.4</a></p>
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		<title>How to: Set column width and row height in centimeters or inches?</title>
		<link>http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/23/how-to-set-columnwidth-and-rowheight-in-centimeters-or-inches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/?p=810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In standard Excel you can't set the height or with of cells in centimeters or inches. Creating square cells is also difficult because Excel uses different units for the width and height of cells. Setting the width and height in centimeters or inches can be helpful if you use the Excel for drawing purposes, such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In standard Excel you can't set the height or with of cells in centimeters or inches. Creating square cells is also difficult because Excel uses different units for the width and height of cells.</p>
<p>Setting the width and height in centimeters or inches can be helpful if you use the Excel for drawing purposes, such as creating a flowchart or when you design your garden or want to see if your furniture fits in your new apartment. The nature of a spreadsheet with it cells makes ideal graph paper.</p>
<p>I have created a macro to do this for myself years ago when I used to make a lot of flowcharts. Recently I was asked if it could be done in ASAP Utilities, so that was for me the reason to add it to the ASAP Utilities toolset.</p>
<p>With the new tool "Set the width and height of cells in centimeters or inches" you can now quickly set the row height and column width in centimeters or inches:</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-811 alignnone" title="Set the rowheight and columnwidht in centimers or inches" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/458-row-height-column-width-centimeters-inches.png" alt="Set the rowheight and columnwidht in centimers or inches" width="529" height="465" /></p>
<p>Due to limitations of how precise you can set the width and height in Excel the actual width and height might differ a tenth of a centimeter/inch. Furthermore I have experienced myself that despite the cells are square, in my printout the height of the cells seem to be a bit smaller then the width. This also happened if I drew a rectangle of 1 by 1 centimeter.</p>
<p>When I looked for more information about this when writing this post, I found the following articles which are interesting to read:</p>
<p><a title="Square Cells in Excel" href="http://excel-tips.blogspot.com/2004/12/square-cells-in-excel.html" target="_blank">http://excel-tips.blogspot.com/2004/12/square-cells-in-excel.html</a></p>
<p><a title="Using Excel Worksheet as Gridpaper for Drawing" href="http://www.mrexcel.com/tip071.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.mrexcel.com/tip071.shtml</a></p>
<h3>Download and use</h3>
<p>You can read more information and download the pre-release of the new version from:</p>
<p><a title="Known bugs / download pre-release version 4.5.8" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=220">http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=220</a></p>
<p>You can start this new (experimental and only in English) tool via:</p>
<p>ASAP Utilities Options » New tools in development (experimental, English only)</p>
<p>and then click on the button "Set the width and height of cells in centimeters or inches":</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-815 alignnone" title="ASAP Utilities Options » New tools in development (experimental, English only) » Set the width and height of cells in centimeters or inches" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/458-in-development-units-centimeters-inches.png" alt="ASAP Utilities Options » New tools in development (experimental, English only) » Set the width and height of cells in centimeters or inches" width="522" height="149" /></p>
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<h2>Update:</h2>
<p>You can start this tool in the latest versions of ASAP Utilities via:<br />
<a title="ASAP Utilities » Columns &amp; Rows » Drawing paper..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=263&amp;utilities=58&amp;lang=en_us">ASAP Utilities » Columns &amp; Rows » Drawing paper...</a></p>
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		<title>How to: Quickly remove duplicated records</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bastien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this moment ASAP Utilities already contains several tools to manage duplicates. However a special tool for duplicate records was still missing... until now! You could already identify or remove duplicated records with a workaround by merging the cell contents into a temporary added column and then use ASAP Utilities' "Conditional row and column select, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At this moment ASAP Utilities already contains several tools to manage <a href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/search-asap-utilities-tools.php?s=duplicates&amp;a=search+tools">duplicates</a>.<br />
However a special tool for duplicate records was still missing... until now!</p>
<p>You could already identify or remove duplicated records with a workaround by merging the cell contents into a temporary added column and then use ASAP Utilities' "<a title="ASAP Utilities » Select » Conditional row and column select, hide or delete..." href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/asap-utilities-excel-tools-tip.php?tip=8&amp;utilities=2&amp;lang=en_us">Conditional row and column select, hide or delete...</a>" tool on this new column to remove the duplicated rows. But that involved a few extra steps and it isn't as fast as this new utility.</p>
<p>In the new version of ASAP Utilities you will be able to quickly remove all duplicated records from your sheet:<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-798" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;" title="Remove duplicated records" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/remove-duplicate-records.png" alt="Remove duplicated records" width="486" height="481" /></p>
<p>Besides removing the duplicates from a single sheet, you can also choose the option "Remove the records from Dataset 1 that are found identical in Dataset 2". This can for example be used if you have two sheets with addresses and the persons on one of the sheets have already be contacted. You can then remove those from the first sheet to get a list of people that still need to be contacted.</p>
<p>You can also choose the following options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Case sensitive.<br />
If you choose this option then the comparison is made case senstive. This means for example that "Bastien" does not equal "BASTIEN".</li>
<li>Ignore leading, trailing and excessive spaces (example: "bastien" equals "  bastien")<br />
If you choose this option than it doesn't matter if some cells have irregular spacing. This can be useful if the data isn't always entered properly. Especially trailing spaces sometime cause problems when it comes to comparing lists.</li>
<li>Hide the rows instead of removing them</li>
</ul>
<h3>Download and use</h3>
<p>You can read more information and download the pre-release of the new version from:<br />
<a title="More information and download of the pre-release of version 4.5.8 of ASAP Utilities" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=220"> </a><a title="Known bugs / download pre-release version 4.5.8" href="http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=220">http://www.asap-utilities.com/faq-questions-answers-detail.php?m=220</a></p>
<p>You can start this new (experimental and only in English) tool via:<br />
ASAP Utilities Options » New tools in development (experimental, English only)<br />
and then click on the button "Manage duplicated records":<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-801" title="Manage duplicated records" src="http://www.asap-utilities.com/blog/wp-content/458-manage-duplicate-records-new-tools-in-development.png" alt="Manage duplicated records" width="522" height="541" /></p>
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