Learn how to filter data using wild cards and other complex criteria using Advanced Filter in Excel.

This month, Susan Harkins introduces an Excel user to advanced filtering and helps a PowerPoint user reduce his work when positioning pictures in PowerPoint.

If the Excel Date Filter is not grouping by month, enable grouping dates in the AutoFilter menu, set dates in the proper format, etc.

Use implicit And and Or operators with Excel's Advanced Filter feature to create complex, but powerful, filtering combos.

Advanced Filter allows you to generate a unique list of items and extract those items to another place in your worksheet or workbook.