Got a whole bunch of data in a row or column that needs to be sorted alphabetically? You can do it with just a few clicks in Excel.

Knowing how to alphabetize in Excel can be a real time-saver. Here, we look at how to alphabetize columns (and even rows) in an Excel spreadsheet.

Launch Excel and open the spreadsheet that contains the list that you want to sort. Click to select a range of data, such as A1 through A20, or click the header to select the entire column of data.

How to compare columns in Microsoft Excel As stated, we can use the Excel VLOOKUP function to find and match different data or find differences in two columns.