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Paul_Castelino
May 01, 2020Copper Contributor
Irregular Sorting in Excel
I am having a very strange issue. The SORT result of a Data Column in an Excel file is incorrect when I sort using my Windos Laptop. However, when I do the same sorting function from another computer ...
Lewis-H
May 01, 2020Iron Contributor
Select one cell in the column you want to sort.
Press Ctrl + A, to select the entire region.
Check the selected area, to make sure that all the data is included.
On the Excel Ribbon, click the Home tab.
In the Editing group, click the arrow on Sort & Filter.
Click Custom Order.
Press Ctrl + A, to select the entire region.
Check the selected area, to make sure that all the data is included.
On the Excel Ribbon, click the Home tab.
In the Editing group, click the arrow on Sort & Filter.
Click Custom Order.
- Paul_CastelinoMay 01, 2020Copper ContributorData is in a Table format so the Sorting steps are correct. The issue is that ot does not sort in correct order from my Laptop but the same file sorts correctly from other devices.
- SergeiBaklanMay 01, 2020Diamond Contributor
If your laptop is on Windows did you have a chance to test on another Windows machine? Or perhaps you could submit the file in question here to remove sensitive information.
- Paul_CastelinoMay 02, 2020Copper Contributor
SergeiBaklanAttached is the file. In one column in the data sorted from another device and in another column is the file sorted from my laptop.