On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 10:29 -0500, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I may be having a brain cramp but ...
> 
> In Calc, how do I group some rows together before sorting?
> 
> For example, I have a small set of data like
> 
>       Col:A   Col:B   Col:C    Col:D
> 
> row1  jkdfa   dsajh   ociv
> row2  djafsh  ire     q.e     ab
> row3                          cd
> row4                          ef
> row5  zpdd    uwen    qerw
> 
> I want to sort on Col:A,  however I want to somehow group rows 2, 3 & 4
> together so that at the end of the sort rows 2, 3 & 4 are still
> contiguous.
> 
> I am sure there is a way to do this that I have forgotten.  If a help
> explanation exists, then I have also forgotten the correct help index
> criteria (word) to search under.
> 
> A reminder in either case would be helpful -- am starting to get
> frustrated.
> 
> 
The data in Col:D was only notes to myself and not really part of the
main record on row2.  So, I formatted D2 to word wrap and put all three
notes in one cell and then sorted.  That solved my immediate problem.
However, it wasn't exactly what I wanted because the three notes started
out being bullet point type of notes.

I am sure I remember seeing some data formula or other means of locking
or grouping records together so that they would sort as one.  Maybe I am
mis-remembering.

-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28
Evo.2.28, Emacs 23.1.1


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