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).

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft Word

1. Select the table you want to sort.

2. Go to the Table menu and select Sort.

3. Select the options (the column to sort by; sort according to text, number, or date) you want to sort and the sequence (ascending, descending).

4. Click OK to close the sort box. The table is sorted.

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.

[dvivian]

on 12/13/2008 My version of Word 2000 does not give the option to sort by column if the table is more than one page.