OK, thanks for your answer. That was very clear to me. Now I’m able to figure 
out more.
All the best
Jürgen

> Am 10.01.2015 um 15:55 schrieb Phil Halton <[email protected]>:
> 
> Yes, VO does not always speak the initial list of row/column headers when you 
> first enter the headers. But, arrowing up or down will speak either row or 
> column header. anyway, once you have your desired column selected and have 
> brought up the context menu, you have those sort and filter options as you 
> said. The context menu entry called “sort and filter options” is just a 
> heading for options that are listed below it. 
> Below sort and filter options you will find “filter table” which is a 
> submenu. in that submenu, you will find a listing of all the unique data 
> found in the selected column. If you press VO spacebar, or enter on any of 
> these entries, Numbers will filter the table showing only those rows that 
> contain the filtered data item.
> For example, a table with a column containing  the name of the month could be 
> filtered to show only “January” entries.
> This is a shortcut method of filtering the table which can also be done in 
> the sort and filter inspector, where you can specify more sophisticated 
> filter rules.
> Check out the sort inspector after you do this shortcut filtering method and 
> you’ll see that numbers created a rule to produce the filter you selected in 
> the context menu. You can add to it, modify the rule, or delete all or part 
> of it etc.
> It’s important to know that once you’ve filtered a table, you can’t use the 
> VO arrow keys. you have to use the arrow keys by themselves to see the 
> filtered table rows/columns. If you use the VO arrow keys, Numbers will show 
> you the unfiltered table entries along with the desired filtered data.
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
>> On Jan 10, 2015, at 5:13 AM, Jürgen Fleger <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Phil,
>> 
>> I didn’t want to dought your instructions. I’m sorry if I raised this 
>> impression. I find it very useful if people take the time to answer very 
>> detailed. Thanks for that. And I agree, to assume people know to press Enter 
>> is something you can expect.
>> 
>> What I find confusing:
>> 1. My VO doesn’t anounces wether the column is highlighted or not.
>> 2. After choosing a column I can open a context menue. There’s an entry 
>> called something like „Sorting and filter options“. I translated this entry 
>> name from german and so it might be a little bit different in your context 
>> menue. If I press on this entry nothing happens. Do you know something about 
>> this functionality?
>> 
>> All the best
>> Jürgen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 09.01.2015 um 15:59 schrieb Phil Halton <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>> 
>>> Yes, I use V3.5 (2019). I don’t know what your question is, all I said was 
>>> that you could sort up or down (high or low or whatever you want to call 
>>> it). I detailed the method I use for sorting table rows using a specific 
>>> column as the sort key. I also showed how I sort subsets of rows and 
>>> columns. You can also use multiple sort keys. So, what method are you 
>>> saying doesn’t seem to work? Did you forget to press enter or VO space on 
>>> the header selections? You know after entering the headers and arrowing 
>>> down to either row or column headers, did you first press enter before 
>>> trying to arrow right or left to the specific column header to use? It’s 
>>> the only thing I can think of that you might have not done. I re-read my 
>>> message and that’s the only thing I left out. I just assumed people knew 
>>> that sort of thing.
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 9, 2015, at 4:36 AM, Jürgen Fleger <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Phil,
>>>> did you try this method in Numbers version 3.5 (2109)? I’mnot quite sure 
>>>> but it seems not really to work that way anymore. All I can do is sorting 
>>>> up or down. But if you could try it out and tell wether it worked still 
>>>> for you in this version of Numbers it would be a motivation for me to play 
>>>> around a little more.
>>>> Thanks and 
>>>> all the best
>>>> Jürgen
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>> Am 08.01.2015 um 21:51 schrieb Phil Halton <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  
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