Select the columns (and, if necessary, the rows) which you want to sort,
before you impose the sort.
By the way, you'll find that merging cells is strongly discouraged here.
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David Biddulph

"HoganD87" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet with a sort on the date column (A). All columns (B-K)
correspond with column A. I have a notes section placed on the same sheet
which is column K and all of these rows under this column need to be
merged
but when I do so I can no longer sort ascending or descending.

So my question is...

Is there any way I can exclude column K from the sort?