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Default sort alphabebically ignoring preceeding symbols or numbers

I have a column of data (Excel 2000) which I would like to sort
alphabetically. Some entries have a double asterisk preceeding the first
word (**word). I would like to alphabetize ignoring the double asterisk.
 
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