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Default how to sort number properly in excel?

I notice that unlike Access, Excel doesnt sort numbers in their true
numerical sequence.

e.g. a varying digit ID field I have ends up sorted as such:

1008
1009
101
1010
1011
etc.

Obviously 101 shouldnt be between these values, it should be way before
these particular ones.

The column is formatted as 0 dp numbers.

Is there a simple trick with formatting/ options etc. that will let me see
the results in true numerical order? I wondered about forcing them to all
have the same amount of digits with custom format maybe...

Thanks in advance