What are you sorting by?
in the column you are sorting by would the three rows have different values?
You may need a helper column where you can make the three rows have the same
value by what you want the sort to be based on. and sort by that column. If
he three rows have the same value, they will be sorted to gether.

"steve" wrote:

i have regular column headings, but my rows are in groups of three. i need
them to stay in tact while i sort by column. for example, rows 3-5 are one
set, then 6-8, then 9-11. when i sort, i want them to stay together.