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How to get multi-row sort/filtering headers in excel

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I have a spreadsheet which uses 2 rows for header information. Filtering by selecting a column is implicitly assuming only 1 row of header information. Sorting has a header row checkbox but that only toggles treating the first row as a header. Is there a way to make Excel treat the first two rows a…

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No. Omit the first row from your range when you auto filter. This way the auto filter buttons appear only on your bottom header row and the data gets filtered. I expect that right now your second header row is getting pulled into your 'data'. You ca…

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