Say your data is in A2:101. Create an auxiliary column with the
following formula:

=IF(ISNUMBER(A2),"ZZZ"&TEXT(F3,REPT("0",LOG(MAX($A $2:$A$101))+1)),F3)

Sort descending by the aux column.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

On May 15, 7:36*pm, teh_chucksta
wrote:
how can i sort a column with numbers and text, in descending order, where the
text falls to the bottom and not the top?

thanks,
charlie