In numbers, I sort table rows/columns by the following method. I don’t know if this will work the same with a selection, but it might. A little experimentation will tell the tale.
for sorting tables by row or column. 1, position VO anywhere in the table and press VO Shift Vertical bar (the key above the return key). 2, Press VO down or up arrow to select whether to work in rows or columns. 3, VO right or left to select the desired column heading, or up and down to select the desired row heading, and press VO space to select it. for example, if you wanted to sort by column C, you would arrow down to Column headers after pressing VO shift vertical bar, then arrow right or left until you get to Column C and then press VO space to make it the selected column. 4, bring up the context menu with VO shift M. 5, arrow down through the menu and select the desired sort option. 6, exit the headers and return to the normal table mode by pressing VO shift vertical bar again. This procedure sorts the entire table by either rows or columns. To sort a subset of rows/columns in a table, you would first select the rows/columns to be sorted, and then go into the sort/filter inspector. in there you would add the row or column you wish to sort by by pressing the “add” button, and then you can set sort options in the scroll area before actually doing the sort by pressing the “sort now” button. I just messed around with this a little and I don’t believe you can sort just a selection of data in a table row or column. That is, the entire row or column will be included in the sort action with the selected field being the sort key. Hope this all makes sense. > > Hi, > try to jump to the head of the table at first by pressing VO + Shift + ‚. It > might be another key combination on english keyboards but you might find it > yourself. There you can choose wether to jump to column head or row head. > Then you can open the context menue. > But in terms of the sorting data entry in the menue I got the same results. I > wonder wether there’s something broken. > All the best > Jürgen > > >> Am 08.01.2015 um 17:53 schrieb Jim Fettgather <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> This one really has me stumped. >> After highlighting a row of numbers to be sorted in either a row or column >> of numbers, then stop interacting with the table and VO left arrow to the >> formatter group, because this seems to be where the sort options are >> located, no matter what I select, the sort now option is dimmed. >> Evem doing VO Shift M, and then selecting sort options, I am immediately >> returned back to the spreadsheet. >> Is there a hidden secrent to be able to sort data in Numbers? >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
