How to Sort a Table in Microsoft Word
The sort function in Microsoft Word allows you to arrange information in a table in a variety of ways. These instructions apply to documents created with Word 97 and 2000 (for PC) and 98 (for Macintosh).
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Instructions
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Select the table you want to sort.
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Go to the Table menu and select Sort.
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Select the options (the column to sort by; sort according to text, number, or date) you want to sort and the sequence (ascending, descending).
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Click OK to close the sort box. The table is sorted.
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Tips & Warnings
To sort individual columns, select the column, then proceed according to the steps above.
To sort columns of information not in table format, convert them to table format, then sort them.
Click the Options button in the sort box to specify where to separate fields, to select a sorting language, or to sort by column only or by case. Click OK.
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dvivian
Dec 13, 2008
My version of Word 2000 does not give the option to sort by column if the table is more than one page. -
dvivian
Dec 13, 2008
My version of Word 2000 does not give the option to sort by column if the table is more than one page.
