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Default Can you sort a list based on catagory names without useing a customlist?

How about a table of names to category.

Then a helper column that returns the category:

Say Sheet2!a:b held the table.

=vlookup(a1,sheet2!a:b,2,false)

and drag down.

Then sort by this column.


BobbyFlanigan wrote:

Can you sort a list based on catagory names without useing a custom
list?

Thanks,
Bobby


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