Chapter 32

Sorting in Excel

Questions answered in this chapter:

  • How can I sort sales-transaction data so that transactions are sorted first by salesperson, then by product, then by units sold, and finally in chronological order from oldest to most recent?

  • I want to sort my data based on cell color or font color. Is this possible in Office 365?

  • I love the icon sets described in Chapter 24, “Conditional formatting.” Can I sort my data based on the icon in the cell?

  • My worksheet includes a column containing the month in which each sale occurred. When I sort by this column, I get either April (first month alphabetically) or October (last month alphabetically) on top. How can I sort by this column so that January transactions are on top, followed ...

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