hi,

select entire names and key as alt+d and enter.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

The simplest thing is to re-sort every so often but others may offer you a
VBA solution
best wishes

Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"Vince" wrote in message
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How can I arrange the data straight down in a column arrange
alphabetically??
For instance I enter the name of all my business contacts in a cell, how
could I make it so that every time I enter a new name, it will file it
alphabetically? Thanks much