Sorry for my delay in replying; had email issues with my @verizon account.
Yes, I was using the Sort Ascending button, will try to remember to use Data | Sort for sorting adjacent columns of data. Regards, Vince Sent from my iPad > On Oct 6, 2016, at 18:59, Brian Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 11:59 06/10/2016 -0400, Vince Bonly wrote: >> When sorting data in AOO Calc, must the "key" text data be located in the >> leftmost column? It seems that it is so. > > No, definitely not. > > It may be that you are using the Sort Ascending or Sort Descending buttons in > the Standard toolbar. When you have selected a cell range, one of those cells > is left individually highlighted. If you then use one of the Sort buttons, > the cell range is sorted on the column containing that individual cell. By > taking care over the way you drag the mouse to select the range or how you > use click and Shift+click, you may be able to sort on different columns. > > Alternatively, after you have selected the cell range, go to Data | Sort... > instead. This opens the Sort dialogue, which gives a wide range of options, > including the sort criterion: under "Sort by" you can select the column (or > columns) to be used. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
