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Sorting data in a table - Microsoft Word Tutorial
From the course: Word 2013 Essential Training
Sorting data in a table
When creating tables here in Microsoft Word, and entering data into those table cells, down the road, you may decide you want to sort that data. So, sorting a column, for example, will the corresponding columns match up after the sort? The answer is yes, and it's all automated for you here in Microsoft Word. You do not need to do this manually. Let's continue working with our Asparagus file here, working on our table on page 1; our Ingredient List. If you have jumped to this lesson, you can get caught by opening up Asparagus6. Now, you can see we do have some cells that contain kind of like headings, Quantity, and Description; we do have a header row as well. So, if we want to sort certain rows, all we have to do is select the cells in a column for the rows we want sorted, so that means everything from, as you can see, thin asparagus stalks down to Golden Delicious apple. So let's just click and drag all the way down, so we cover all of the rows that we want sorted. Keep a lookout…
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Creating new tables from scratch4m 43s
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Converting existing text to a table2m 7s
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Formatting table appearance5m 17s
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Using Quick Tables2m 45s
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Adding and removing columns and rows3m 48s
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Sorting data in a table2m 27s
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Merging and splitting cells2m 55s
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Converting a table to text2m 28s
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Inserting an Excel table5m 41s
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