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replyReply Tue 11 Oct 2011, 13:41Delegate Louise said...

Louise has attended:
Excel Advanced course

Excel Random Selection

What would be the easiest formula to use to randomly select data or rows of a spreadsheet, for example in an audit scenario?

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replyReply Fri 14 Oct 2011, 11:26Trainer Anthony said...

RE: Excel Random Selection

Hi Louise, thanks for your query. I think the link below should give you what you need:

http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/excel-random-pick.htm

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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