Google Sheets – How to Select Random Data Points

I just tried it in Chrome on Windows and it works the following way. Start selecting the table just below the lower-left cell (click where the cursor changes to the one indicating text entry) and drag the selection all the way up to the top-left cell until all of them are filled with a blueish highlight. Then press CTRL + C, switch to Google Spreadsheet and press CTRL + V.

In the screenshot the highlight is gray because the window was out of focus.

Yes. It is Possible. Just follow some simple steps:

1. You create a custom function by writing scripts which will work like simple function inside a Spreadsheet cell for ex: =SUM(A1 +A2) by Opening the Google Spreadsheet(That acts like directory ie. Data like name,contacts etc) ->Click Tools->Click Script Editor...

A new window will openup and choose spreadsheet option .Here,you can write custom functions which looks like

Here you write functions (for more info,https://developers.google.com/apps-script/your_first_script#requirements)

2.You create a function that will open your Spreadsheet that contains behaves like directory. A sample function

function readRows()
{
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById("0AszINz88nA9hdEkxa1FIS0wta1FLS2NPUzAyU0lOV1E")
var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
var values = rows.getValues();
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) { var row = values[i]; Logger.log(row); } };

For more info,https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/spreadsheet-app#open(File)

You can Run and Test by pressing Run and selecting function, (it may require permission).

You can view the results in Log Window by Opening View->Logs.

That,it now you can use that function in that cell.