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Chapter 3 Entering, Editing, and Managing Data 91
Selecting Rows and Columns
Table 3.4 Selecting Rows
Action
Instructions
Select a certain row
number
Select Rows > Row Selection > Go to Row and type in the desired row
number.
Invert the row selection Select Rows > Row Selection > Invert Row Selection.
Select random rows Select Rows > Row Selection > Select Randomly. See “Randomly
Selecting Rows,” p. 95, for details.
Select the Pareto
Frontier
Save the current
selection
Select Rows > Row Selection > Select Dominant. A window appears that
lets you choose high or low values for the Pareto frontier selection
Select Rows > Row Selection > Name Selection in Column. The current
selection is saved in a new column.
Use the instructions in Table 3.5 to select columns.
Table 3.5 Selecting Columns
Action
Instructions
Select a column • Click the empty space around the column name.
• Click the column name in the column panel to the left of the data grid.
Select multiple columns • Click and drag the cursor over the column name in the data grid.
• Shift-click the first and last columns of the desired range.
• To make a discontiguous selection, Ctrl-click (Windows/Linux) or
Command-click (Macintosh) the desired columns.
These commands are also toggles that deselect previously selected columns.
Extend a selection of
columns
To select/deselect all
columns at once
Make a discontiguous
selection
Select a block of cells
formed by the
intersection of rows and
columns
• Shift-click the first and last column of the desired range.
• To make a discontiguous selection, Ctrl-click (Windows/Linux) or
Command-click (Macintosh) the desired columns.
These commands are also toggles that deselect previously selected columns.
Shift-click the upper triangular area in the upper left corner of the data grid
to select. Click in the upper left corner to deselect all columns. To clear all
highlights in the data table, press the Esc key on your keyboard.
Ctrl-click (Windows/Linux) or Command-click (Macintosh) each column.
Drag the cross cursor diagonally across the cells.
3Entering Data
Selecting Excluded, Hidden, or Labeled Rows
Sometimes you need to automatically highlight, or select, certain types of rows so you can see or
manipulate them among the many rows of a data table. To select rows that have been marked as
excluded, hidden, or labeled:
1 Select Rows > Row Selection (Figure 3.55).