I'm using excel 2003. I want to sort data formatted as text in a column.
Most of the cells in the column are blank. I am using the following code:

With Sheets("MarginAnalysis")
..Cells.Sort Key1:=.Range("b225:B270"), _
Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlNo, _
MatchCase:=False, Orientation:=xlTopToBottom
End With

The error I get is "This operation requires the merged cells to be
identically sized. " There are no merged cells anywhere in the range
selected. When I go to the worksheet "marginanalysis" after the program
stops the range b225:b282 is highlighted.??
I'm lost and any help would be appreciated.

Jim