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Text not sorting correctly
I played with the text in your post. Without Excel file not definitely sure, but most probably you have Unicode symbol Zero Width Space https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm at the front of some of your strings.
How to fix without formulas
Your source text sorted ascending looks like
In any empty cell, let say in D2, make reference on any cell with text in question, here is =A2. Next cell shows that string has 2 symbol length, even if we see only one. In F2 enter the formula =LEFT(D2,1) which extracts that Unicode symbol. Enter and Ctrl+C (copy) the cell.
After that press Ctrl+F to open Find window, click on Find what bar and paste the symbol by Ctrl+V. After that click Replace tab
and in it Replace All
(Please note, if you start with Ctrl+H, Find & Replace window, above doesn't work).
That removes Zero Width symbol in your sheet and in particular in D2 you see "normal text" with length as expected
Re-sort your table - it shall be in right order now.
Again, that's probable scenario, but I'm not sure without the Excel file.
Good luck
Not sure I understand your instructions -- unfamiliar with what LEN() is. Are you saying I must do this in every cell?
Nope, just one cell to test if it is really some invisible character here. If so, you may CLEAN() all cells into new column and sort on it. Or Ctrl+H such character if you find what is it.
Perhaps you may attach some sample file to test.
I tried it on a row that I had moved from the lower half to the upper half and then sorted -- it moved it back to the lower half. Sigh. Here is a small sample -from the bottom of the top section and the top of the bottom section.....
This post gave me an error when first posted: "Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found....." -- could this mean it has hidden code?
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Sorry - due to security settings unable to do that. Guess I'd better just start retyping the whole thing.