You can try the free Excel add-in "Excel Extras".
By default It sorts sheets in true numerical order.
(It can also use the standard MS sort order where 10 comes before 2.)
It does other nice stuff like creating a linked Table of Contents sheet.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA

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"jnf40" wrote in message ...
I have tried Chip Pearson's sorting code but it doesn't work on my
worksheets. I think his code has to have something more than just numbers. I
have the worksheet names formatted as follows...

mylinenum = Range("linenum")
If Range("linenum").Value < 1000 Then
mylinenum = Format(mylinenum, "000")
ElseIf Range("linenum").Value 999 Then
mylinenum = Format(mylinenum, "0000")
End If

this works fine to name the worksheets 005, 010, 015 etc. But it will not
sort the worksheets. Can this be done using numbers only for the worksheet
names after I have formatted the worksheet names this way? The following is
the sort code...

Sub SortTheSheets()

Dim N As Integer
Dim M As Integer
Dim FirstWSToSort As Integer
Dim LastWSToSort As Integer
Dim SortDescending As Boolean

SortDescending = False

If ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.Count = 1 Then
FirstWSToSort = 1
LastWSToSort = Worksheets.Count
Else
With ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets
For N = 2 To .Count
If .Item(N - 1).Index < .Item(N).Index - 1 Then
MsgBox "You cannot sort non-adjacent sheets"
Exit Sub
End If
Next N
FirstWSToSort = .Item(1).Index
LastWSToSort = .Item(.Count).Index
End With
End If

For M = FirstWSToSort To LastWSToSort
For N = M To LastWSToSort
If SortDescending = True Then
If CInt(Mid(Worksheets(N).Name, 6)) _
CInt(Mid(Worksheets(M).Name, 6)) Then
Worksheets(N).Move Befo=Worksheets(M)
End If
Else
If CInt(Mid(Worksheets(N).Name, 6)) < _
CInt(Mid(Worksheets(M).Name, 6)) Then
Worksheets(N).Move Befo=Worksheets(M)
End If
End If
Next N
Next M
End Sub