Excel cannot sort by color, however my Excel add-in
"Special Sort" - rel 1.31, should do what you want.

It adds 11 sort features not found in Excel, including sorting by..
Prefix, Suffix or Middle (where you specify the length/position).
Will also sort by color, dates, number group, length, reverse,
random and others.
Comes with a 2 page install/use Word file.
It is available - free - upon direct request.
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Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
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"Fashionheadhunter"

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I have a spreadsheet with data in about 1,000 cells. I occasionally
highlight cells by adding yellow color fill to make them standout. I would
like to sort the data so that I could move the "highlighted" cells to the top
of the sheet. Can this be done? If not, can you suggest a way to accomplish
this in the future--ie., use a different font, boldface, etc. that would
allow me to sort easily?