If your company is working with a large list in an Excel spreadsheet, take advantage of the program's built-in filter customization tools to limit the number of rows included in your filter results.

Timelines provide an easy way for viewers to quickly filter Microsoft Excel data in a meaningful way.

How to Filter Every 5th Item in Excel. When manipulating large amounts of data in an Excel spreadsheet, it can be challenging or time-consuming to select specific items by hand.

Microsoft Excel’s Advanced Filter feature displays records that match specific criteria. You can also limit the columns returned by this feature.