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SaeedShaeri
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Jul 01, 2021
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Sorting small and capital letters correcly

I have a shared Excel-based database with some colleagues. One of the database attributes is the type of Schedule, which can be one of the A, a, C, c, G, g, S, s, etc. letters. When I attempt to sort...
  • Celia_Alves's avatar
    Jul 01, 2021

    Hi, SaeedShaeri 

    here are two possible options of doing this without an extra column. I am using Excel for Microsoft 365.

    The first option puts small case before the capital letters when sorting. See if this works for you:

    Click anywhere on the table > File Tab > button Sort & Filter > Custom Sort > button Options > checkmark on "case sensitive" > OK.

    [see pic 1 attached]

     

    The other option is to use a Custom List.

    First create the custom list by going to File > Options > Advanced

    scroll down to General

    click button "Edit Custom Lists..." > click where it says NEW LIST and add your list sorted the way you want.

    Then go to Custom Sort again and under "Order" choose "Custom List":

    [see pic 2 attached]

     

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