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We often use fill colors to designate different values. It would be helpful
to be able to sort using these colors, to obtain value groups.

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hi
see this site for a short tutorial on how to do that.
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...rtonColor.html


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We often use fill colors to designate different values. It would be helpful
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Default Ability to sort data in Excel by fill color

If you have Excel 2007 you can sort by cell color.

Earlier versions require adding a helper column or using VBA


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 18 May 2010 08:54:03 -0700, okquiltluvr
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We often use fill colors to designate different values. It would be helpful
to be able to sort using these colors, to obtain value groups.

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