I did not create the worksheet, but need to sort the data. Get a message
saying " This operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized"
An excell newby, and help doesn't help. Help??

Get rid of the merged cells which cause no end of problems.......one of
which you just encountered.

2003...........FormatCellsAlignmentUncheck "merge cells"

2007...........HomeFormatFormat cellsAlignment.

Or HomeAlignment sectionOpen Merge dropdown and "Unmerge cells"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:58:01 -0700, Lori
wrote:

I did not create the worksheet, but need to sort the data. Get a message
saying " This operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized"
An excell newby, and help doesn't help. Help??

Your headings probably have merged cells.
You can either...
- take the merge off the cells (FORMAT CELLS ALIGNMENT click off the
'Merge Cells' checkbox)
or
- do your sort without the headings rows (DATA SORT click on 'No Header
Row').
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Hope this helps.
If it does, please click the Yes button.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Gary Brown



"Lori" wrote:

I did not create the worksheet, but need to sort the data. Get a message
saying " This operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized"
An excell newby, and help doesn't help. Help??