need to collapse near duplicate rows
I have a 1000 row spreadsheet with data in the following format that needs to be consolidated to a single row per company. They are -not- duplicate rows that need to be deleted.
Company A A B C
CompanyA D E F
CompanyA G H I
CompanyB A B C
CompanyB D E F
CompanyB G H I
....
etc
I need to collapse the rows to look like:
CompanyA A B C D E F G H I
CompanyB A B C D E F G H I
CompanyC A B C D E F G H I
So, the goal is a single row per Company, with the mult rows of column values collapsed to the single row.
I do not feel this is a very good description of the issue, so please let me know if I can clarify it in any specific way.
I could also attach a file fragment if it would help explain it better.
Thanks in advance.
Pivot table
Use a pivot table.
- use company field as a "ROW" field
- a,b,c etc as "DATA" fields
Pivot Table Refresher:
Teach Yourself Excel Lesson 25 - Create A Pivot Table