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Anna has attended:
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Data sorting

I'm trying to sort this table for departure date, but it doesn't work, even though it works for other columns. It looks like it's divided in sections. Thank you!

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CXS 14-Feb-2009

RE: Data sorting

Hi Anna

Thank you for your question.

You will only be able to sort by date, if the dates are recognised by Excel as numbers and not text.

If you select one of the cells that contains the dates, and look at the formula bar (long white area) near the top of the screen to the right of the fx button, what appears in the formula bar?

Thanks
Amanda

RE: Data sorting

Hi Amanda,

thanks for your quick reply. Actually a friend of mine has just helped me to identify the problem
as you said, excel didn't recognize the dates as numbers, so what I did was:
- select the cells containing the dates
- Data > Text to columns > Next > Next
- select 'Date' in the section 'Column data Format' > ok

Thanks again for your help!
Anna

RE: Data sorting

Great, I'm glad you were able to resolve the problem.

Please do post again if you have any further questions in future.

Kind regards
Amanda

Wed 14 Jan 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.

 

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