Excel's ascending and descending sort options are powerful tools, but they won't always sort values in a familiar and meaningful way. When this is the case, you might need a custom sort.

To extract and sort non-adjacent arrays in your data, nest the CHOOSECOLS or CHOOSEROWS functions inside your SORT or SORTBY formula. Alternatively, to extract, filter, and sort columns from a dataset ...

When you want to filter all of the rows, the Select All option will apply the filter to your entire Excel table. Examples of filters for sorting text entries include Sort A to Z and Sort by Color.

If you run sorts in Excel a lot, you might benefit from shortcuts or even a macro. Here are some ways to make your sorting life easier.

Other Methods Instead of using Microsoft Excel's sort procedure to organize and reveal patterns in your worksheet data, use the program's filtering options instead.

You can sort data by dates in Microsoft Excel and Excel Online. Learn how to sort all the columns according to date column using this tutorial.

This post will show you how to filter or sort Excel data using Cell Color and Font Color the easy way. This helps organize cells & improve productivity.

In the September 2003 column I erroneously stated that Excel’s Sort function can sort information only in columns (up and down) not in rows (left and right). I should have known better because I’ve ...