make filter permanent

[Paul Kraemer]

Hi,

I am using Excel 2007. I have created a filter so that I am only displaying
rows that contain a particular value in a certain column. Now I want to pass
this filtered data on to a client of mine, but I do not want my client to be
able to remove the filter. Is there any way that I can make the filter
permanent? In other words, what is the easiest way for me to permanently get
rid of the data that does not meet the criteria of my filter?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Highlight the filtered data and copy it to a new workbook. Send that
workbook to the client.

Althought you can protect the sheet which disables the autofilter, and you
can even add a password to the protection, this is really not a guarantee
against them getting at the data.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Copy the filtered data to a sheet in a new workbook.

Send that workbook to the client.

Any other method leaves it up to the client to unhide the hidden data.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP