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sort multiple columns
good day all, i have a spreadsheet with muliple columns and rows.what i am
tring to do is sort all data by the date column and maintain the corresponding row data to each date. any help would be appreciated. |
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Select all the data in your range and then choose Data|Sort
If you data has headers then choose 'my data has headers' and choose the column to sort on "wynb" wrote: good day all, i have a spreadsheet with muliple columns and rows.what i am tring to do is sort all data by the date column and maintain the corresponding row data to each date. any help would be appreciated. |
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Try this on a copy of your data sheet. Select the entire table carefully
(this ensures everything will move together), then just do a Data Sort by (date col) Ascending (say) OK. And if the dates do not respond to the sort, then they aren't real dates (real dates are numbers). You can try converting the "dates" all at one go via Data Text to Cols. Select just the dates col, then click Data Text to Cols. Click Next Next. In step 3 of the wizard, check "Date" under Col data format, then choose the appropriate selection (eg: DMY) from the droplist. Click Finish. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:20,000 Files:362 Subscribers:62 xdemechanik --- "wynb" wrote: ..i have a spreadsheet with multiple columns and rows.what i am trying to do is sort all data by the date column and maintain the corresponding row data to each date. |
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Hi,
If your data setup meets the following conditions, just put your cursor in a single cell of the column you want to sort on and click the Ascending Sort button on the toolbar. 1. One row of headers (titles) 2. No data directly adjacent to your data that you don't want sorted (leave a mote around your data.) For example no total row touching the data - it may be sorted into the data. 3. No completely blank rows or columns within your data. 4. (Should not be necessary with your data) format the title row a little - bold or center or underline or whatever. Remember, Sort is undoable. Press Ctrl+Z if you don't like the results. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "wynb" wrote: good day all, i have a spreadsheet with muliple columns and rows.what i am tring to do is sort all data by the date column and maintain the corresponding row data to each date. any help would be appreciated. |
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gentlemen, thank you for your suggestions. i went with the info from max and
it works like a charm. thank you all again. "Max" wrote: Try this on a copy of your data sheet. Select the entire table carefully (this ensures everything will move together), then just do a Data Sort by (date col) Ascending (say) OK. And if the dates do not respond to the sort, then they aren't real dates (real dates are numbers). You can try converting the "dates" all at one go via Data Text to Cols. Select just the dates col, then click Data Text to Cols. Click Next Next. In step 3 of the wizard, check "Date" under Col data format, then choose the appropriate selection (eg: DMY) from the droplist. Click Finish. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:20,000 Files:362 Subscribers:62 xdemechanik --- "wynb" wrote: ..i have a spreadsheet with multiple columns and rows.what i am trying to do is sort all data by the date column and maintain the corresponding row data to each date. |
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Welcome, glad you got it working. Please take a moment to press the "Yes"
buttons (like the ones below) in all 3 responses which helped to answer your queries. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:20,000 Files:362 Subscribers:62 xdemechanik --- "wynb" wrote: gentlemen, thank you for your suggestions. i went with the info from max and it works like a charm. thank you all again. |
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